Air pollution damaging at all stages of life, research shows

In adulthood, it makes early death more likely through multiple chronic illnesses, cancer and strokes

Picture of smog over London, as air pollution causes harm to people at all stages of life, including reducing sperm count and damaging foetal growth, new research has shown.

Air pollution causes harm to people at all stages of life, including reducing sperm count and damaging foetal growth, new research has shown.

A review of key evidence on the effects of air pollution, drawing from more than 35,000 studies in the last 10 years, has detailed the ways it causes harm from pre-birth to old age.