Tiny lungs, hefty price: Air pollution’s unequal burden on young children

There’s an urgent need to protect the young as the effects of climate change threaten to exacerbate the problem

A 2022 global report showed that only 13 countries had healthy air quality levels and none of them were from Asia. PHOTO: BERNAMA
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My daughter was four when we moved from Kathmandu to Kuala Lumpur in 2019 to escape air pollution.

We were living in Nepal’s capital due to my husband’s job.

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