Abstract
Air pollution poses a serious threat to human health and the general ecosystem both in South Africa and globally. This is mostly caused by the mining and combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal. T...
Highlights
Over the past decades, there have been major developments in terms of advancements in technology and industrialisation throughout the world
Numerous studies have indicated that the combustion of fossil fuel, such as coal used for electricity generation in most countries is largely responsible for air pollution (Liu et al, 2001; Kampa and Carstanas, 2008; Liu et al, 2015; Younger, 2004)
The results revealed that children in the polluted areas were suffering from different respiratory problems such as a cough, asthma, wheezing and chest colds compared to the control group
Summary
There have been major developments in terms of advancements in technology and industrialisation throughout the world. The large influx of people has impacted negatively on the environment, thereby resulting in various environmental challenges One such problem is environmental pollution, which is primarily caused by the mining and combustion of fossil fuels, such as coal. This fossil fuel combustion is reportedly the single largest pollutant accounting for 80% of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions (Akpan and Akpan, 2012; Quadrelli and Peterson, 2007) These greenhouse gases are reported to be largely responsible for climate change and global warming (Akpan and Akpan, 2012; Barnard and Bhattacharya, 2011; Moore et al, 2008). All these problems are having a widespread effects on human health as well as on the ecological and societal systems (Hassan et al, 2016; Longobardi et al, 2016; Wardekker et al, 2012)
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