More than 12 millionpeople around the world die every year because they live or work in unhealthy environments.1Healthy People 2030focuses onreducingpeople’sexposure toharmfulpollutantsin air, water, soil, food,and materialsinhomes and workplaces.
Environmentalpollutantscancause health problemslike respiratory diseases,heart disease,and sometypes ofcancer.2Peoplewith low incomes are more likely tolive in polluted areasandhave unsafedrinking water.Andchildrenand pregnant womenareat higher risk ofhealth problems related to pollution.3,4
Trackingenvironmental pollutantsiskey tofiguring out where and howpeople areexposed.Laws and policies to reducedifferent types ofpollutioncanalsohelp prevent many serious health problems and deaths.
