The Invisible Killer

Discover the alarming truths behind the health crisis affecting billions with 'The Invisible Killer' by Gary Fuller. This compelling paperback delves into air pollution, a significant and often unnoticed threat that impacts over 90% of the global population who breathe air tainted with contaminants exceeding World Health Organization guidelines. As urban environments expand, the looming dangers of air quality become harder to ignore, with cities around the world grappling with severe pollution from sources such as diesel transportation in Europe and industrial emissions in China and India. Through vivid narratives traversing cities like London, Los Angeles, and Beijing, Dr. Fuller challenges conventional perceptions of air pollution. He presents eye-opening data on how our daily surroundings affect our health, especially that of our children. Readers will meet passionate researchers whose relentless pursuit of knowledge has uncovered the disturbing realities of air quality, often at great personal cost. This thought-provoking book advocates for urgent governmental action to combat air pollution, emphasizing that the enduring harm isn't due to a lack of evidence, but the absence of political will. Equip yourself with essential insights into city pollution and health, and understand the pressing need for change. 'The Invisible Killer' is crucial for anyone concerned about the safety of our air and the future of our planet. Join the movement for cleaner air today.

Author: Gary Fuller Publisher: Melville House UK
Bind: paperback
Dimensions: 138 x 216 mm
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 28-11-2018

More than 90% of the world’s population is exposed to air pollutant concentrations exceeding World Health Organisation guideline levels. Having air that is healthy to breathe is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st Century. Some of this is unfinished business from the last 60 years, but as more and more of us live in cities, more of us are living close to pollution sources. Europe is wrestling with air pollution from diesel transport and in China and India they are facing air pollution problems that they have never met before. The air pollution that we breathe every day is largely invisible to us but it is having a significant impact on our health and that of our children. The Invisible Killer will take you on a journey from London to Los Angeles to Beijing, challenging our ideas of what creates air pollution and how we measure it, and introducing us to incredible individuals whose groundbreaking research paved the way to today’s understanding, often at their own detriment. Dr Fuller argues that to change the future of our planet and collective global health, city and national government action is essential. It is not for lack of evidence that air pollution harm persists. Instead it remains in place due to a lack of political will to make changes to our urban lives, to persuade the public and to make polluters bear the full cost of the harm that they do.