Air Pollution Impairs Brain: Study
A recent study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria found that even moderate traffic pollution can impair brain …
A recent study by researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria found that even moderate traffic pollution can impair brain …
Air pollution is a serious problem that affects people of all ages, but children are particularly vulnerable to its negative effects. The developing bodies and …
Watch: Dr. Swati Verma. Resident Medical Officer, KD Medical College & Hospital, Mathura shares about the effect of air pollution on health and what we …
Fed-up of air pollution and breathing issues ? Want to give better’ environment to your parents and your kids then things just got easier for …
Dr. Randeep Guleria, former director of AIIMS, Delhi, has cautioned that air pollution in the national capital and the NCR region is seriously harming people’s organs. Dr. Guleria, who also serves as the head of the department of pulmonary medicine and sleep disorders speaking to ANI said “It is more responsible for disability than even cigarette smoke. We discuss smoking a lot, but not tobacco use. But today, air pollution carries a bigger share of the blame for disability than smoking did in the past, and it too is a major issue.” “So unfortunately the AQI is at severe range and we`ve seen that every year. There have …
This time of the year the controversy around the prohibition of firecrackers comes to the forefront in India. Tough, the controversy is sometime painted saffron …
Everyone is at risk from air pollution, which has recently been found to have a serious impact on your lungs and shorten your life expectancy. …
In our interactions with informal workers in rural and urban contexts, we have heard many accounts about both increased work stress and job and income …
The “Silicon Valley of India,” Bengaluru, is still praised for its lush vegetation. Due to the cold climatic condition throughout the year it was formerly known as “air-conditioned city. Environmentalists, however, worry that poor air quality has put the much desired city in great risk. According to experts, Bengaluru’s air quality is not being monitored properly. They indicated that between 25,000 and 30,000 trees have been felled in Bengaluru over the previous five years. Therefore, the vegetation that would filter out the dangerous components from air is lost. A.N. Yallappa Reddy, an environmentalist and former bureaucrat, told IANS that Bengaluru has some of the worst air quality in the world. About 60 to 70 per cent of kids have lung-related issues. They are given steroids, …
Its been often advised to plant trees to reduce pollution, but did you know that house plants are also an excellent option to do so? …