ABSTRACT
Environmental change is the most complex challenge facing nearly every country in the world today. The United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) agency argued that no country alone can handle the social and economic impact of the interconnected challenges posed by environmental problems. Global climate change, affected by the release of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, could change weather patterns, food supplies, tree growth, water levels, and patterns of disease around the world (Perrotta, 1999; Peters, 2013). A serious environmental problem that confronts many countries in the world is the air pollutants released from the burning of fossil fuels such as gasoline, coal, and oil. These pollutants are commonly present in the air at levels that have been linked to increases in respiratory infections, hospitalizations for asthma, lung and heart disease, and nontraumatic deaths (Rosenbaum, 2014).
