Tiny lungs, hefty price: Air pollution’s unequal burden on young children

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Infants breathe three times faster than adults and their bodies absorb more pollutants given their body size. During infancy, 80 per cent of tiny air sacs critical to oxygen-blood transfer are developed, making this a vulnerable period to air pollution as it can lead to harmful respiratory diseases such as asthma and pneumonia.

There is a fundamental issue of children’s rights when it comes to the environment.

The effects of climate change, intensification of air pollution as well as physical and psychological trauma linked to these events are disproportionately borne by children.

“The world has turned the corner on tobacco. Now it must do the same for the ‘new tobacco’ – the toxic air that billions breathe every day,

As young children bear the brunt of climate change, we owe it to them to do everything we can to make things better, sooner. Our most vulnerable are also our most valuable.

Qn: 'It is harder than ever to keep children save in today's world.' Comment. (RI 2023 J2 Mid-yr)