An accessible and hard-hitting look at the facts behind air pollution in everyday life.Take a
deep breath. You'll do it 20 000 times a day. You assume all this air is clean it's the very
breath of life.But in Delhi the toxic smog is as bad for you as smoking 50 cigarettes a day.
Even a few days in Paris London or Rome is equivalent to two or three cigarettes. Air
pollution is implicated in six of the top ten causes of death worldwide including lung cancer
heart disease stroke and dementia. Breathless gives us clear facts about air pollution in our
everyday lives showing how it affects our bodies how much of it occurs in unexpected places
(indoors inside your car) and how you can minimise the risks.Rooted in the latest science
including real-time air-quality experiments in city streets and ordinary homes it will allow
you to make up your own mind about the risks and trade-offs of modern living - wherever in the
world you are.
