People’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to air pollution.

Every year, the UN campaigns to raise awareness about environmental issues like marine pollution, increasing carbon emissions, and overpopulation. In 2019, the focus is addressing air pollution.

Getty Images Hazardous air pollution levels in cities contributes not just to respiratory problems, but conditions including type 2 diabetes (Credit: Getty Images) Scientists say that pollution ...