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What are the effects of air pollution on human beings?

Air pollution effect health and causes various respiratory diseases in humans. Some of them are-

a- Bronchitis characterized by the inflammation and swelling of the air passages between nose to lungs and throat to lungs


b- Immune system defects; it occurs due to constant breathing in polluted air


c- Pneumonia- an infection of lungs caused by breathing a flying bacteria


d- Asthma attacks because of inhaling various poisonous gases and constant suffocation owing to polluted air


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