The world’s air pollution levels are rising year on year. What are the most pressing causes and effects of this disturbing trend?

Increasing

levels

of airborne pollutants have proved to be a major obstacle for humanity in the 21st century.

This

trend is predominantly caused by consumption patterns associated with rising global affluence, namely the increasing demand growing

economies

have for fossil fuels. These triggers and the effects rising rates of atmospheric

pollution

have on the planet will be examined in

this

essay. Most experts agree that airborne

pollution

is caused by the burning of fossil fuels

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and that growing

economies

around the world make it possible for increasingly large numbers of people to contribute to current global

pollution

levels

.

For example

, the affluence of more than two billion people between India and China has been rising for decades, and with

this

has come a spike in the number of

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vehicles on the planet. As

this

phenomenon compounds with the tremendous amount of

pollution

already coming out of many

western

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countries, a recipe for unshrinking

levels

of

air

pollution

can be seen.

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for petrol vehicles among developing

economies

and resource wastage among developed

economies

can be concluded as today’s greatest causes of airborne pollutants.

Although

damage caused by

air

pollution

ramifies itself in many distressing ways, I feel the impact it has on human health is a top concern.

For instance

, it is estimated that a larger percentage of children have asthma today than ever before in human history. To make matters worse, scientists are now finding

air

pollution

can cause abnormal foodstuffs growth among farming populations the world over, and

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of these foods has been linked to cancer. Because these problems will have an impact on generations to come, it is clear why human health concerns are the most pressing effects of airborne pollutants.

Following

this

look, unfortunate growth trends in countries around the world are at the root of swelling numbers of asthma and cancer sufferers. These are considered to be the most significant causes and effects of the planet’s

air

pollution

levels

.

Thus

, controlling byproducts of human activity has to become central to humanity’s collective strategy for the 21st century.