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Environmental toxins can be divided in to two groups, waterborne and airborne. Airborne pollutants can be divided into three categories like air toxics, biota pollutants and standard pollutants.

There are many standard pollutants in the world, and few of the common environmental toxins are carbon dioxide, ozone, sulphur dioxide, lead, particles and nitrogen dioxide.

Air pollution can be formed both outside and inside the homes. The times, the inside air pollution can be more harmful then the outside. This is mostly caused due to the use of several chemicals which are used while cleaning, perfumes, cooking, cigarette smoking, usage of computers and etc.

Air toxins are hazardous to both human beings and to the animals as well.

The air pollution outside our homes can be caused by industrial expelling, solid fuel combustion, chemical factories and vehicles expelling. Its causes serious harm to us and to our environment.

The biota pollutants are another category of toxins which originate from pests droppings, human and animal skin, moulds and others. This will directly impact the quality of air inside the house and might lead to many health issues in adults and children living in the house.

It is very important for you to take proper precautions in order to avoid any health disasters.

Environmental toxins in the air have been proved to be several times more fatal. The statistic reveals that air pollution alone can cause more than 35000 premature deaths in a year worldwide.

Airborne transportation pollutes the air much more than any other means. It is important that we are aware of the after effects of our luxuries.

According to the researchers in Virginia, air pollution is known to directly affect the pollinating insects like bees. Waste matters which contaminate the air like the nitrates and ozone originate from the car exhaust, and they are directly responsible for affecting the pollinations. This could also result forest reduction. We could try to reduce the usage of your vehicles whenever it is not really necessary.

A group of insects have already been affected due to air pollution, like the bees. Many countries find it almost impossible to find the bee colonies for deriving honey. These insects depend on scents, and the air pollution hinders their defence mechanism and mate attraction system. These insects pollinate up to 80% of the crops around the world.

Air pollution caused by burning of fossil fuels can increase the possibility of getting disastrous blood clots. These environmental toxins have also been related to heart and lung problems. These blood clots start forming in the legs and travel all the way to the lungs. They block the flow of the blood throughout the body.

The burning of fossil fuels causes the most harm to all the living beings, which is much more when compared with the other pollutant sources. One must avoid the use of the fossil fuels and opt for the renewable energy alternatives.

Radioactive zone or living with a smoker can be extremely harmful. There is a high risk of various kinds of cancers especially among women and children starting with lungs, skin, breast, cancerous tumours and many more.

It is our responsibility to save our mother earth from complete destruction, which is evidently caused by our own exploitation of natural resources.