The research was carried out to identify the knowledge that students of the Higher Pedagogical Institute of Iquitos (ISPL) have regarding air pollution. The research design is non-experimental, qualitative-quantitative. The sample was 60 students enrolled in 2020, specializing in primary education. The results indicate air pollution as a low intensity problem (4.4%) within the city’s problems. Specifically regarding air pollution, they consider it a non-relevant problem for the city (50%), they do not know about the information on air pollution levels in the city (53.2%), they affirm that it is unreliable (13.3%), and this type of information about the problem under study is rarely known (83.4%). Regarding air pollution in Iquitos, respondents report that it is average (86.7%) to low (13.3%); affecting health from fair (83.3%) to poor (11.7%). Iquitos compared to other cities they say ...