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The air pollution from vehicles can damage the children and teenage persons according to the new report by the World Health Organisation.

While coming to matter, Organisation also confirms that about 92% of the world’s population lives in places where air quality levels exceed WHO limits.

Outdoor air pollution especially traffic-related pollution has been rising at an alarming rate around the world. Along with these disappointing facts, comes a major health risk that air pollution poses.

A new study, published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, warns that exposure to high levels of traffic-related air pollution may lead to a certain type of DNA damage called telomere shortening in children and teenagers.

Telomere shortening has been typically associated with ageing and also asthma in young adults. According to the lead author of the study, John Balmes of University of California, Berkeley and his colleagues, the length of the telomere serves as an important biomarker for DNA damage caused due to chronic inflammation and the harmful effect of environmental pollutants.