ECOLOGY
ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
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Question
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It can cause people to have difficulty breathing.
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It can make sick people even sicker.
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Sometimes, air pollution can cause cancer.
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All of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Exposure to air pollution can affect everyone’s health. When we breathe in air pollutants, they can enter our bloodstream and contribute to coughing or itchy eyes and cause or worsen many breathing and lung diseases, leading to hospitalizations, cancer, or even premature death.
Detailed explanation-2: -Long-term health effects from air pollution include heart disease, lung cancer, and respiratory diseases such as emphysema.
Detailed explanation-3: -Air pollution can also have an inflammatory effect on the heart – it can elevate blood pressure and aggravate pre-existing conditions of the heart. The risk of death significantly increases with long term exposure to polluted air. For instance, people susceptible to heart diseases are at higher risk.