Air Pollution

Children are dying from air pollution. Here's how we can protect them

air pollution can cause asthma in kids.

Air pollution poses a serious risk to the physical and mental development of children. Image: istockphoto.

Riya Master
Undergraduate Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Neha Rana
Undergraduate Research Fellow, Harvard Medical School
Ben Grobman
Medical Student, Harvard Medical School
David Duong
Director, Program in Global Primary Care and Social Change, Harvard Medical School
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Impact of air pollution on children's health. Source: WHO.
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