China India Smog Rivalry a Sign of Global Menace Air pollution kills around 7 million people every year

accounting for 1 in 8 deaths worldwide India and China both tie for last in terms of populations affected by poor air quality according to the 2 1! edition of "nvironmental #erformance Inde$ %"#I& 2 1! "#A reveals that 1'78 billion people are currently e$posed to #( 2') levels 2) * higher than the threshold deemed +safe, by the -./ 0'87 billion people worldwide live in areas that e$ceed the threshold of #( 2') industry and the transport sector %primary sources of air population& have grown fast in emergin economies like China1 India and 2ra3il -e need to commit to prioriti3ing clean air 8 4lobal goals ranging fro poverty alleviation to .I56AI7s reduction1 set upon having the global population lacking access to clean water by 2 1) 8econd obstacle 9 to improving air quality is monitoring on the part of government and authorities 9 e$pensive Improving public health and the vitality of the environment will require decision makers to get serious about monitoring and reporting standards :he quality of our air as years have gone by has been getting worse due to more industries being built1 cars on the street1 and the carelessness of us humans' As pollution continues to rise the quality of our air begins to become more to$ic holding carcinogens and making many people sick' According to the 2 1! edition of "nvironmental #erformance Inde$ %"#I& air pollution kills around 7 million people every year accounting for 1 in 8 deaths worldwide' About 1'78 billion people are currently e$posed to #( 2') levels 2) * higher than the threshold deemed +safe, and 0'87 billion people worldwide live in areas that e$ceed the threshold' /ne of the two obstacles of proceeding to improving air quality is the lack to commit to prioriti3ing clean air' If people don;t put in the time and aren;t willing to hear change will not occur' :he second obstacle is the lack of motori3ation on the part of the government and authorities because it may be too e$pensive' :his scrapes was very interesting it stated many facts1 many of the things in here though I;ve heard before many times1 but I never knew the statistics which is good to know' I en<oyed reading it' .onestly I en<oy reading any article about how something harms you and what you can do to stop it' I agree that change needs to happen' I;m so tired of hearing about all these problems going on and nobody reacting to it' :hey think that the problem will be fi$ed without their help1 but in reality we need all of you to pitch in' If we all do one thing like carpooling we can make a big change' All it takes is one persistent person to lend out their voice'