The “air pollution” kills nearly 15,000 Bangladeshis each year according to Mr. Paul Martin, a bank environmental specialist in Dhaka 2001. This is released in the World Bank report saying Bangladesh could save between $200 million and $800 million per year. These amounts translate to about 0.7% to 3.0% of the gross national product if air pollution is reduced in just four major cities of Bangladesh. According to Mr. M. A. Wahed of ICDDR-B; large number of children, homeless street children, local streetwalkers, and rickshaw pullers in the city of Dhaka pose a definite threat to the air pollution. Young children are mostly exposed to cadmium (Cd) through inhalation of smoke and contaminated soil including dust from the industrial emission and sewage sludge.

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