Clean Air, Healthy Children: An Agenda for Action

Table of Contents

• Protecting children from seven deadly sources of air pollution 1
• Introduction 2
• Seven deadly sources of air pollution for children 5
• 1. Household air pollution 5
• 2. Traffic-related air pollution 5. Wildfire and landscape fire smoke 5
• 6. Sand and dust storms 3. Waste-related air pollution 5
• 4. Industrial air pollution 5
• 7. Secondhand smoke 5
• 1. Household air pollution 6
• 2. Traffic-related air pollution 7
• 3. Waste-related air pollution 8
• 4. Industrial air pollution 9
• 5. Wildfire and landscape fire smoke 10
• 6. Sand and dust storms 11
• 7. Secondhand smoke 12
• How to stop air pollution from harming children An agenda for action 13
• 3. Waste-related air pollution 14
• 2. Traffic-related air pollution 14
• 4. Industrial air pollution 15
• 5. Wildfire and landscape fire smoke 15
• 6. Sand and dust storms 16
• 7. Secondhand smoke 16
• Priority actions for the private sector 17
• Priority actions for the health sector 18
• Priority actions for civil society 18
• Engaging children and young people as agents of change on air pollution 19
• Priority actions for children and young people 19
• Endnotes 20