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 Air pollution is now called an invisible killer of not just infants and small children but also the fetuses that are in the wombs of their mothers. Air pollution is a pressing issue worldwide in the recent era as the industrial and population growth has forced the use of fossil fuels more than ever. The burning of fossil fuels emits air pollutants such as Carbon Oxides (Cox), Nitrogen oxides (NOx), Sulfur Oxides (SO), lead, ozone, and Volatile organic compounds. These air pollutants are not emitted only in gaseous form but also in the form of particulate matter which are even more fatal for the humans. Among the most affected groups due to air pollution, children and infants are among the most vulnerable groups because of their limited capacities to fight against these pollutants. The recent studies in this field also highlight that not just children and infants, the fetuses inside the mother are also equally vulnerable to be affected by air pollution. The mechanism of action is ...

 As indicated by a plethora of literature, the emerging issue of air pollution especially in urban areas has caused increased risk rates associated with respiratory, cardiovascular, and neural diseases among human beings. However, being a vulnerable group, which is most sensitive to the air pollution impacts, the infants and newborn children are displaying increased disease rates as compared to adults. Among the various diseases that directly threaten the survival of children, the incidences of low birth weights are most closely linked to the exposure to air pollutants. Moreover, the increased premature birth rates are also linked with air pollution among children in urban settings. It has been identified in a study that the children who are premature in their birth are not fully developed infants therefore their body capacities are comparatively less than other newborn children (Kim et al., 2011). When such babies are exposed to air pollutants, they have little to no capacity to ...

 Ambient air pollution has qualified as one of the most significant threats to the human survival in the recent years. The increasing population and associated increase in industrialization and urbanization has caused the air pollute at unprecedented rates. In the initial years, the impact of air pollution was not felt at the large scale. However, the accumulation of dangerous pollutants in the atmosphere over time has now caused the humans to face grave impacts on socioeconomic and health sectors. So far, the studies have focused majorly on the impact on socioeconomic sectors or the environmental degradation of air pollution. In the health sector, a large number of studies are focused on adult human health and survival but little focus is ever given to the impact of air pollution on babies and infants who are one of the vulnerable groups identified in the studies of air pollution (Payne-Sturges et al., 2019). Among many causes of air pollution, the health impacts on human health ...