Air pollution is considered a growing health crisis with millions of affected inhabitants and causing numerous serious illnesses. Air pollution is regarded as causing impacts that would lead to the deterioration of respiratory and cardiovascular health, but recent research continues to claim that pollution increases the risk of stroke. While strokes are mostly associated with high blood pressure, cholesterol, and unhealthy lifestyles, the current available evidence is building to show that air pollution increases exposure to these situations and conditions that might lead or contribute to stroke.
How does air pollution affect the body?
