Open AccessThe Sanitary Impact of Air Pollution in North Africa
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
advance in environmental waste management and recycling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2641-1784
DOI - 10.33140/aewmr.02.02.2
Subject(s) - atmospheric pollution , pollution , air pollution , urban agglomeration , environmental planning , environmental science , environmental protection , environmental health , geography , medicine , archaeology , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry , biology
In the last century, multiple sanitary accidents happened due to theurban atmospheric pollution, especially on decembre 1952 in londonwhere 4000 deaths took place following the apparition of a smog.The atmospheric pollution is responsible for the surge of a vast rangeof sanitary manifestations requiring ambulatory or hospital care.The sanitary risks linked to the atmospheric pollution are now wellestablished. In Algeria, The big Algiers is, confronted to an intenseatmospheric pollution. This pollution is even more distinguished inthe large agglomerations of the developing countries.