New Delhi: North India is reeling under a wave of severe air pollution accompanied with smog as at least 12 cities on Thursday recorded an air quality index (AQI) of 400 and above, falling in the severe category. With air pollution levels becoming uncomfortable in northern India, Ghaziabad is the most polluted city on Thursday […]
Bhubaneswar: With Delhi turning a gas chamber since yesterday, is the air in Odisha’s Capital City, the town of temples, any better? Though the situation doesn’t look that worse when seen through the prism of Air Quality Index (AQI), a Delhi is in the making in the temple city is beyond any reasonable doubt. Not […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday said it is a question of life and death of crores of people in Delhi-NCR region which is facing severe air pollution and the authorities have to be held responsible for its failure to curb it. “Can you permit people to die like this due to pollution? Can you […]
United Nations: Unicef Executive Director Henrietta Fore has warned that air pollution toxicity can affect children’s brain development and called for urgent action to deal with the crisis gripping India and South Asia. “I saw first-hand how children continue to suffer from the dire consequences of air pollution,” Fore, who recently visited India, said on […]
New York: Plants and trees may be better and cheaper options than technology to mitigate air pollution, says a new study from an Indian-origin researcher. The study, published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, found that adding plants and trees to the landscapes near factories and other pollution sources could reduce air pollution by […]
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday insisted that the Central government use world-class technology to address deteriorating air quality in Delhi-NCR region. With the apex court having taken a strong stand to address the depleting air quality and asked all the authorities concerned to work in unison, a senior faculty from IIT Bombay appeared […]
London: Atmospheric scientists from the UK and India have partnered to tackle chronic air pollution, which is impacting the health of more than 20 million people in Delhi. The Indian capital, one of the country’s most densely populated metropolis, has some of the worst air pollutions of any city in the world. Air quality experts […]
London: Living in a more polluted area is associated with a greater likelihood of having glaucoma, a debilitating eye condition that can cause blindness, says a new study. The findings, published in the journal Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, found that people in neighbourhoods with higher amounts of fine particulate matter pollution were at least […]
New York: Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and dramatic impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, a new study suggests. The study, published in the journal Annals of the American Thoracic Society, reviewed interventions that have reduced air pollution at its source. It looked for outcomes and time to achieve those […]
London: Researchers have found that air pollution is associated with detrimental impacts on human and animals health, including increased risk of heart disease and stroke. The study, published in The Journal of Physiology, by researchers at The University of Manchester in UK, shows that the knowledge people have about how pollution harms the hearts of […]
Madrid: India should take urgent action to tackle air pollution as the levels of toxic air in many cities of the country are much higher than the recommended guidelines, which could have a major impact on people’s health, WHO Director Maria Neira said. Several studies conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO), Centre for Science […]
London: People exposed to higher levels of air pollution are more likely to experience depression or commit suicide, researchers have found. The systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence connecting air pollution and a range of mental health problems, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, reviewed study data from 16 countries. “Our findings correspond with […]
New Delhi: High level of air pollution may be weakening the bones of Indians, in addition to increasing risk for other health conditions such as lung cancer, stroke, respiratory diseases, warns a study. The study analysed the association between air pollution and bone health in over 3,700 people from 28 villages outside the city of Hyderabad. […]
London: Air pollution may affect our physical and psychological health in the long run as researchers have found that the children who are exposed to a high level of air pollution while growing up, have an increased risk of developing schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels, […]
New York: Parents, please take note. Researchers have revealed that kids with elevated exposure to early life stress in the home and increased prenatal exposure to air pollution exhibited heightened symptoms of attention and thought problems. Early life stress is common in youth from disadvantaged backgrounds who also often live in areas with greater exposure […]
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