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For 13 years, these two countries accounted for “56% of the total global mortality burden due to the combination of high death rates and large populations”.
What is China and India?
Today's presentation is broadly defined by the National Cancer Institute as “a type of disease that affects the lungs and other parts of the _________ system”.
What is respiratory?
These two natural disasters release large amounts of gas, smoke, ash, and aerosol particles depending on the season.
What are wildfires and volcanoes?
This group is at a greater risk of respiratory disease due to their developing lungs.
What are children?
This special mask helps filter tiny particles from polluted air when worn properly.
What is N95?
Road transport in the United States is a leading source of air pollution and, more broadly, greenhouse gas emissions due to this type of fuel.
What is diesel?
These microscopic, balloon-like sacs on the ends of the bronchioles deliver oxygen into the bloodstream.
What are alveoli?
Scientists agree that this primary pollutant is one of the most dangerous contributors to air pollution due to its exceptionally small size and persistence.
What is PM2.5?
These AQI colors indicate generally-safe air conditions for nonvulnerable populations.
What is green and yellow?
This scale is used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to report how clean or polluted outdoor air is each day.
What is the Air Quality Index (AQI)?
This country had the highest 2.5PM exposure between 2010-2023.
What is Nigeria?
This type of tissue swells around the bronchioles when triggered during an asthma attack.
What is smooth muscle?
This acronym represents an industrial agricultural facility where large numbers of animals are confined and raised in high-density spaces for meat, milk, or eggs.
What is a CAFO?
Even brief exposure to fine particulate matter can damage lung wall cells and leave a person more vulnerable to this condition.
What is infection/pneumonia?
These tiny particles are picked up from the wind and enter the lower atmosphere.
What are aerosols?
This city was rated #1 worst air quality in 2025.
What is Loni, India?
This medical machine turns liquid medicine into a mist you can breathe.
What is a nebulizer?
Wildfires contributed to a staggering global release of 1,380 megatons of this greenhouse gas.
What is carbon (CO2)?
This color on the AQI indicates emergency conditions likely to affect everyone.
What is maroon?
This device helps remove unwanted pollutants from the air inside of your home.
What is an air purifier?
This sub-Saharan country is the most dependent on burning solid fuels for energy.
What is Guinea-Bissau?
These two key conditions make up Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD.
What is chronic bronchitis and emphysema?
This chemical compound, generated by animal manure and crop fertilization, causes 1/5 of all PM2.5-related deaths.
What is ammonia?
Exposure to air pollutants while pregnant increases the risk of this hypertensive disorder.
What is preeclampsia?
This reactive gas, also known as smog, occurs “when pollutants emitted by cars, power plants, industrial boilers, refineries, and other sources chemically react” under sunlight.
What is ozone?