Health and Pollution: Why you should be worried

Prolonged exposure to a contaminant in several years may reduce the life expectancy of a human. Contamination is a risk factor for the health of people, often resulting in diseases and other disorders.

Increasing levels of pollution in cities has been reflected in increased hospital admissions and registration of more cases of cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases.
According to the World Health Organization mortality has increased because of environmental pollution. States that pollution is one of the first health risks.

Some of the diseases caused by air pollution:

· Respiratory diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis, asthma
· Viral diseases: yellow fever, hepatitis, dengue.
· High levels of air pollution related to PM2.5 particles, given off by diesel engines of cars, causing diseases of the circulatory system.
· The Spanish Group for Lung Cancer warning that "the high rate of pollution in cities increases by 20% the risk of lung cancer." The number of deaths from this disease has increased by 8% in the most polluted towns in Spain.
· It is considered that air pollution affects more industrialized countries. Not so that 80% of deaths in the world, this contamination occur in countries where there is pobreza.Las vunerables communities and poor use most polluting energies such as coal, dung and firewood for cooking and heating in their homes.