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Loading... Clearing the Air: The Beginning and the End of Air Pollutionby Tim Smedley
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Air pollution has become the world's greatest environmental health risk, and science is only beginning to reveal its wide-ranging effects. Globally, 19,000 people die each day from air pollution, killing more than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and car accidents combined. What happened to the air we breathe? Sustainability journalist Tim Smedley has travelled the world to try and find the answer, visiting cities at the forefront of the fight against air pollution, including Delhi, Beijing, London and Paris. With insights from the scientists and politicians leading the battle against it, and people whose lives have been affected by it, Clearing the Air tells the full story of air pollution for the first time: what it is, which pollutants are harmful, where they come from and most importantly what we can do about them. Air pollution is a problem that can be solved. The stories uncovered on this journey show us how. Clearing the Air is essential reading for anyone who cares about the air they breathe. And this much becomes clear: in the fight against air pollution, we all have a part to play. The fightback has begun. No library descriptions found. |
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Tim has organized the book very well, and his writing style is excellent. There is enough science in the book to make most of us happy; he has managed to strike the right balance between science and readability.
Most laypeople will understand the scientific arguments he has outlined and follow them. Anyone who reads the book should make a note of the action points he has listed at the end of the book. We must change the way we live.
There is one more aspect of the book that I like. Tim has written about countries in the Western hemisphere, as well as India and China. I like it. It makes the book more credible to me.
Read the book. I strongly recommend it. (