7. Air pollution
The issue of air pollution ranks 7th in our list of biggest health problems in the world in 2016. It is one that seems to have no solution. No matter how many times countries sign agreements to lower carbon dioxide emissions, nothing actually happens. It’s a shame, really, because this is the only planet we have, the only air we have left to breathe, and if we poison the world around us, we poison ourselves.
On September 28th the Global CO2 levels exceeded 400 PP2 at a time of year when levels are usually at a minimum. Such levels have only ever been reached in several spots around the world, but not as an overall score. This is terrible, and it will only go from bad to worse from here unless something is done.
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