The rights to environmental and human health and wellbeing: just breathing?
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Improved scientific understanding of human-environment interactions has led to a growing appreciation of humanity's and the planet's reliance on a healthy environment. In this chapter we focus on how air pollution severely affects the health and wellbeing (and human rights) of the world's population, with a focus on South African case studies that illustrate the particular vulnerability of the poor living in hazardous areas. According to WHO (2022), every year around 7 million premature deaths are attributable to air pollution globally - a staggering 800 people every hour, or 13 people every minute. Overall, air pollution is responsible for more deaths than many other risk factors, including malnutrition, alcohol use and physical inactivity.
DOI: 10.14749/32361912
Author: Human Sciences Research Council
Language: English
Topic: Environmental law and policy
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Human Sciences Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W7162108908
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