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Also known as atmospheric pollution

presence of dangerous substances in the atmosphere

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Air pollution is the presence of harmful substances in the air we breathe, such as chemicals and particles that shouldn't be there. It matters because these dangerous substances can affect human health, damage the environment, and impact the quality of life for people and ecosystems.

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Number of deaths
1001000
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Commons gallery
Air pollution
Mastodon instance URL
airpollution.science
Commons category
Air pollution
topic's main category
Category:Air pollution
facet of
air quality
has cause
NOx
has effect
climate change
on focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject Climate change
object of occurrence
atmosphere of Earth
class of object(s) of occurrence
air
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