@article{:/content/journals/15649016/2017/4/19, author = "Anu Ramaswami", title = "Towards zero-pollution cities", journal= "Our Planet", year = "2018", volume = "2017", number = "4", pages = "44-45", doi = "https://doi.org/10.18356/bb2472cf-en", url = "https://www.un-ilibrary.org/content/journals/15649016/2017/4/19", publisher = "United Nations", issn = "15649016", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "Air pollution is a global killer and predominantly an urban one. Worldwide, about 7 million premature deaths are associated with indoor and outdoor air pollution by fine particulate matter. Most occur in urban areas where a majority of people now live, breathing air that can cause asthma, respiratory infections, high blood pressure, heart and lung disease, and cancer. Diverse cities – rich, poor, small, large, developed and developing – are reporting airborne levels of these particles that exceed the World Health Organization’s clean air guidelines: some of the most polluted air, and the heaviest toll on human lives, occur in Asia.", }