First thing we need to talk about is why it is becoming such a big problem. We are going to focus on just one of the many countries affected by air pollution. China. Probably the countries with the highest amount of air pollution
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Why China |
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Well as you can see above the air pollution in Chinese cities is really bad and that is due to many reasons. The main one being the very large population. China has the biggest population in the world and that takes a toll on a country. especially since there are 300 million cars in the country.
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Many people will see "Cheap Labor" and wonder what that has to do with pollution, well actually it has a lot to do with air pollution. The reason is because there a lot of western companies that source their labor to china because of how cheap it is. that means that there are a huge amount of factories in the country which each produce large amounts of air pollution.
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An estimated 350,000 people die in china each year due to air pollution. The reason for this is because the chemicals that cars and factories produce are toxic chemicals and because it is in the air you breath and can eventually kill you. That is also why in many countries people wear masks in countries with high pollution so they don't breath in all those toxic chemicals.
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