Open AccessThe Triennial Conference of The Asian Women's Institute: Women and Environment in an Age of Technology
Author(s) -
Lebanese American University
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
al-raida
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2226-4841
pISSN - 0259-9953
DOI - 10.32380/alrj.v0i0.1115
Subject(s) - globe , wildlife , population , environmental health , geography , political science , environmental protection , environmental science , medicine , biology , ecology , ophthalmology
The World Health Organization estimates that 70 percent of the globe's urban population breathes air made unhealthy through high levels of smog, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxide and other polutants.(Intemational Wildlife, the National Wildlife Federation, Marchi April 1990).