A Map of How Much Pollution Trees Have Scrubbed From Our Air
In 2010 , trees removed more than 17 million measured lots of pollution from the air travel . In doing so , they deliver more than $ 6.8 billion dollars in wellness care cost associated with pollution - related diseases , like bronchitis and asthma . In a late theme in the journalEnvironmental Pollution , US Forest Service researcher David J. Nowak explain : Most of the pollution removal occurred in rural areas , while most of the wellness impingement and value were within urban areas ....