LG writes to Kejriwal, says Delhi model shrouded in haze of smog
Saxena said over the last two years he flagged the issue of air pollution in the capital by writing to him and Chief Ministers of neighbouring states.
Saxena said over the last two years he flagged the issue of air pollution in the capital by writing to him and Chief Ministers of neighbouring states.
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Despite prohibitory orders and awareness programmes on air pollution caused by burning of harvested paddy plants (stubble), a section of farmers are behaving in the most irresponsible manner.
Most of the deaths occurred between 1999 and 2007, when coal PM2.5 levels were highest, according to the study published in the journal Science.
Air pollution is currently the most important environmental health risk factor in Europe, the European Union (EU) environment agency has warned in a report published.
Respiratory diseases such as asthma are known to affect females and males differently, with females more likely to suffer severe asthma that does not respond to treatments.
The main factor responsible for the present state of pollution especially air pollution are higher population growth rate, industrialisation and urbanisation.
The report said 76 percent of the population with NCDs is exposed to high air pollution. It also suggests that nearly 29 per cent of the population is exposed to high levels of household pollution, while 20 per cent is exposed to air pollution at the workplace.
More than 215,000 people in Bangladesh succumbed to pollution in 2019. The ever lurking, at times invisible, killer ~ air pollution ~ alone claimed about 175,000 lives.
In the new study, researchers analyzed medical data for nearly 1.3 million people treated for heart attacks and unstable angina at 2,239 hospitals in 318 Chinese cities between 2015 and 2020.