Vagari vazhinji vemumaguta ekuEurope vari kusangana nematambudziko ekusachena kwemhepo. Kuvandudza hunhu hwemhepo kuti huenderane nehuwandu hwakakurudzirwa neWorld Health Organization (WHO) kunogona kudzivirira kufa kwevanhu vanopfuura hafu panguva yekuzvitakura kunokonzerwa nekusvibiswa netunhu tudiki.

Kusvibiswa kwemhepo kwakaderera mumakore makumi maviri apfuura, zvichikonzera kunaka kwemhepo. Pasinei nekuvandudzika uku, kusvibiswa kwemhepo kuchiri njodzi huru yehutano hwezvakatipoteredza muEurope. Kusangana nezvinhu zvidiki uye nitrogen dioxide pamusoro pezvinokurudzirwa neWorld Health Organization kunokonzera kufa kwevanhu vanosvika 253,000 uye 52,000 panguva yekuzvitakura, zvichiteerana, muna 2021. Kusvibiswa uku kwakabatana neasthma, chirwere chemwoyo uye sitiroko.
Kusvibiswa kwemhepo kunokonzerawo zvirwere. Vanhu vanorarama nezvirwere zvine chekuita nekusvibiswa kwemhepo; izvi zvinorema kana tichitarisa kutambura kwevanhu pamwe nemitengo mikuru kubazi rezvehutano.

Vanhu vari munjodzi huru munharaunda ndivo vari nyore kusvibiswa nemhepo. Mapoka ehupfumi akaderera anowanzo sangana nemhepo yakasviba zvakanyanya, nepo vanhu vakuru, vana neavo vane matambudziko ehutano aripo kare vari nyore kusangana nawo. Rufu runopfuura 1,200 muvanhu vari pasi pemakore 18 rwunofungidzirwa kuti rwunokonzerwa nekusvibiswa nemhepo gore rega rega munyika dziri nhengo dzeEEA nedzinoshanda pamwe chete.

Kunze kwematambudziko ehutano, kusvibiswa kwemhepo kunogona kukanganisa hupfumi hweEurope zvakanyanya nekuda kwekuwedzera kwemitengo yehutano, kudzikira kwehupenyu hwevanhu, uye kurasikirwa nemazuva ekushanda muzvikamu zvakasiyana. Zvinokanganisawo miti nenharaunda, mhando yemvura nevhu, uye nharaunda dzemunharaunda.

Tinogona kupa masensa emhando yemhepo akakodzera kutarisa magasi akasiyana-siyana munzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana, tinokugamuchirai kuti mubvunze.