Tag Archives: air pollution

World Lung Day: 25 September 2021. Think twice, it is not another day in paradise : Air is deadlier than we thought it is! While we observe World Lung Day on 25 September 2021, let us also pay heed to the latest policy guidelines on one of the major preventable …

WHO and UN partners’ compendium of 500 actions  aims to reduce diseases from environmental factors and save lives Almost 25% of deaths worldwide could be prevented if the actions in the compendium were fully implemented New Delhi/Geneva 06th September 2021: WHO, UNDP, UNEP and UNICEF have partnered to create a …

New Delhi, Aug. 23: Air pollution resulting from the rising levels of particulate matter, nitrous oxides, sulfur oxides, carbon oxides, and other toxic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) is a major concern. Long-term exposure to even a few parts per million of these chemicals takes a toll on health and can …

Do you cause air pollution through indiscriminate disposal of waste? Most of the readers may say NO. Think about the simple cycle your daily waste goes through. Generally, we are not much aware of it or do not care to bother. From most of the households, someone collects it at …

The study explains that complex chemical reactions involving Hydrochloric Acid (HCl), which is directly emitted in the atmosphere from plastic contained waste burning and few industrial processes, is primarily responsible for high PM2.5 chloride level.

Climate change and COVID-19. There is a complex interplay between the immune system and confounding variables — like crowding — that may be causing high infection rates, rather than air pollution per se

Delhi has started reporting a spike in COVID-19 infections.   New Delhi, Nov 11: As winters are arriving the Delhi/NCR region has started experiencing the problem of smog. From the past few years, it has been seen that the Air Quality Index drops down to dangerous levels during winters. Experts …

Those in polluted regions and with compromised lung function asked to take extra care; Government urged to reduce Air Pollution for long-term impacts New Delhi 17 March 2020: A collective of doctors working on the health impacts of air pollution has warned that people living in regions with high levels …

Goldach, Switzerland – Air pollution continues to pose one of the biggest threats to human health, with 90% of the global population breathing unsafe air. The latest data compiled by IQAir, published in the 2019 World Air Quality Report and the most polluted cities ranking, reveals the changing state of …

(Report estimates one million deaths each year in India due to air pollution generated from burning fossil fuels) New Delhi, 13th February – A report, first of its own kind, from Greenpeace Southeast Asia estimates the global cost of air pollution from fossil fuels to be around US$2.9 trillion, or …

One year of National Clean Air Programme New Delhi, January 10th, 2020 : One year since the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) launched the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) on 10th January 2019, climate and energy news aggregator site,  carbon copy has launched a dashboard  to track …

Can Hyderabad be made Healthy? : Air pollution due to extreme traffic congestion is causing Heart attacks and Lung cancer Foundation for Futuristic Cities has organized the Roundtable on ‘Healthy Hyderabad – Wealthy Telangana’ at ASCI on 03 November 2019. More than 30 Eminent doctors, City planners, Technology experts, participated …

Air pollution is a challenge through much of India. However, the high levels of particulate pollution in the Indo-Gangetic Plain region, stand out.

Air pollution is emerging as one of the main risk factors for cardiovascular deaths in developing countries, according to a new study.

Washington. 09th March. A new study finds vitamin D may be protective among asthmatic obese children living in urban environments with high indoor air pollution. The study out of John Hopkins University School of Medicine, funded by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), part of the National Institutes …