We all have to breathe to live. But the air we breathe is polluted both outdoors and indoors. Each year, this pollution costs 7 million lives across the globe – and a lot of suffering. 1 in 8 deaths is due to air pollution. This course will provide you with an introduction to the most recent research in the field of health effects of air pollution as well as a broader understanding of sources and spread of air pollution and what we should do about it. What is air pollution? What are the sources? How and where are we exposed outdoors and indoors? What happens in the body? Which diseases are the result? Who are the most vulnerable? How can we assess the effects of air pollution? And what should we do to reach the Sustainable Development Goal to “substantially reduce the number of deaths and illnesses from hazardous chemicals and air, water and soil pollution”? These are some of the important questions we will address in the course. During the course you will meet researchers and experts from the University of Copenhagen and the Technical University of Denmark. They work with different aspects of air pollution and health: toxicology, exposure assessment, epidemiology, engineering and health impact assessment. It is a global responsibility to combat the health impacts of air pollution, and this fight can only be won through new knowledge and global collaboration. We hope you will join us in the course and equip yourself to take part in this global and individual health challenge.
CH
Informative lesson that describes health effects of poor indoor air quality and provides items to consider to improve your own indoor spaces to promote health.
MU
thanks sir and madam for giving the awareness about air pollution especially in the east Asian countries like india ,much more interested in studying related courses in the further days....
AB
It's an excellent course in which you can know some facts and ideas about what is the great effect of pollution to all of us. That's why we should help one another to save our planet.
TK
It is so effective that we can learn a lot about air pollution and related facts and figures around the world. Useful links for additional studies allow us to get more knowledge about it.
KV
After Learning this course I got more fundamental information in Air pollution. I recommend more people to study this course as Air is very very important element to live,k. Veerabhadram
SD
Very nicely designed course.Little problem faced to answer the quiz as few question is based on figures.provide me a clear understanding about the subject.Notes are worthy to follow.
MJ
very nice instructor and the course material. learned some of the very basic thing about pollution and health effects. i thank the instructor for this course
SS
An excellent course about Air Pollution. Gained a lots of knowledge and ideas about pollutants, diseases and various factors of air pollution. This course also gives us awareness about air pollution
SB
All aspects cover Nicely !I was not thinking this is so bad. But the knowledge is opened my eyes & vision to act aggressively to reduce the air pollution.
MT
I acknowledge the resource persons efforts and pain in making this highly beneficial and most needed course for giving solutions to the evils (air pollution) present in the civilized world.
PR
Excellent short course. I really enjoyed this and found the mixture of video, reading and quizes just right to keep me engaged and interested in the subject.
DB
Was a great experience for me, had a great journey. Professors are really skilled and outstanding with their work, highly recommended for everyone to give it a try!
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Very good introduction to Air Pollution. I really appreciated the videos made by the professors, who explain in a way that is easy to understand. I would recommend it to any person concerned by air pollution.
In the crucial environment of the world due to various factors one of the major factor is air pollution. Its very necessary that one's must know about the impact of air pollution in our daily life and this course fullfill all the basic requirements for the betterment to tackle the various causes of air pollution as well as understanding the phenomena to control those factors
It is so effective that we can learn a lot about air pollution and related facts and figures around the world. Useful links for additional studies allow us to get more knowledge about it.
It gives immense awareness regarding Air pollution
Very very useful and presented in a nice way.
This is a very first time study for online learning from coursera. I got a lot of knowledge from altogether 9 lectures and many reading links. Now, I got much confident.
I am also expecting the certificate from University of Copenhagen for completion.
I also like to invite the lecturer Professors to our country Yangon to conduct the workshop or presentation for Air Pollution and its threats to our health.
Please contact me, Mr. Ye Myint Tun @ James, Managing Director, Shwe Chan Thar Engineering, Yangon, Myanmar. Mob: +9515101330, sctenviro@gmail.com
The course is excellent! The instructors are great, didactic and a reference in the field. The support materials, video lessons and complementary reading materials are very good, above average.
I particularly like the University of Copenhagen, for its high technical quality, particularly in the field of health, and for the courses that are offered here at Coursera. It was really worth it! What I learned will help in my professional life, but especially in my personal life.
PS: Sorry for grammatical errors.
Excellent and to the point material. Lecturers are very knowledgeable and understand the concepts very well. The course is designed to teach the basics and also issues related to air pollution which are current and relevant internationally.
The course curriculum is very good and authentic. Instructors are nice and cooperative. This course improved my knowledge about the air pollution and composition of polluted air. I will recommend this course to all of you.
YEAH, I think this course is important, but just to the people who want to breathe and the plants that want to live, and the fish that want to not acidify, and.............thanks for all people working on this course.
An excellent course about Air Pollution. Gained a lots of knowledge and ideas about pollutants, diseases and various factors of air pollution. This course also gives us awareness about air pollution
I acknowledge the resource persons efforts and pain in making this highly beneficial and most needed course for giving solutions to the evils (air pollution) present in the civilized world.
My major is environmental protection,and I know the air pollution will do harm to our health.
But I have not thought that the threat to our health from air pollution is so severe today.
Very important course especially for developing country experts and professionals where air pollution issue is less focused and the national reports were not pepared.
very important to learn this course. with this we can learn the main sources of air pollution and how the people are effected and how the pollution to be reduced.
very nice approach to studying . for every topic there's a video and subtitle and also a quiz..loved the quality of education too
First online course. Great lectures. good quizes. The discussions also are essential and important. Hope to do more courses.
Feeling very happy as I have learned a lot with detailed information which covered maximum AIR POLLUTION topic
I will like to thank my classmate. for what i have achieve in air pollution. and thank
Good course to know about the air pollution threat and effects on health