%0 Journal Article %A Anu Ramaswami %T Towards zero-pollution cities %D 2018 %J Our Planet, %V 2017 %N 4 %P 44-45 %@ 15649016 %R https://doi.org/10.18356/bb2472cf-en %I United Nations, %X 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. %U https://www.un-ilibrary.org/content/journals/15649016/2017/4/19