Fatima Arkin Climate change is already damaging the health of the world’s children and threatens a lifelong impact unless countries meet the Paris Agreement targets to limit warming to well below 2˚C, according to a new study published in The Lancet. The study, which involves 35 global institutions, notes that children are more likely to… Continue reading Climate change ‘poses lifelong threat to children’s health’
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Delhi air pollution: Environmental crisis must be seen in conjunction with politics for effective solutions
If things continue in the present manner, India will have all the top 10 slots for the most polluted cities in the world; Delhi, despite its international infamy in the global hall of pollution, is not even in the top 10 in India itself, judging by Central Pollution Control Board data The pollution problem in… Continue reading Delhi air pollution: Environmental crisis must be seen in conjunction with politics for effective solutions
Global pact to stop air pollution
Rodrigo de Oliveira Andrade Five national academies of science and medicine have urged the world to adopt concrete measures to tackle air pollution and prevent the millions of deaths it causes each year. The declaration from the science academies of Germany, Brazil and South Africa, and the science and medicine academies of the United States,… Continue reading Global pact to stop air pollution
Electric buses a golden opportunity for India
Aniruddha Bhattacharjee India must not squander this chance, must not repeat the mistakes it made with CNG Back in 1980, Shenzen was a small fishing village in China with 30,000 residents. Today it’s a mega-metropolis of nearly 13 million people. But the economic turnaround did affect the city’s air quality. In 2016, it’s average PM2.5… Continue reading Electric buses a golden opportunity for India
Air pollution leads to millions of emergency room visits for asthma attacks
Ylva Rylander/SEI Nine to 33 million visits to the emergency room for asthma worldwide may be triggered by breathing in air polluted by ozone or fine particulate matter —pollutants that can enter the lung’s deep airways, according to a new study published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. This is the first study to… Continue reading Air pollution leads to millions of emergency room visits for asthma attacks
Kolkata India’s air pollution capital
Jayanta Basu Vehicular pollution, particularly from diesel cars and trucks, are primarily responsible for the worsening air quality in Kolkata, which is emerging as the pollution capital of India Will Kolkata soon wrest the country’s pollution capital crown from Delhi? Delhi may be vying with Beijing for global topper status in air pollution and garnering… Continue reading Kolkata India’s air pollution capital
Dhaka chokes on air pollution
Kamran Reza Chowdhury A multitude of factors are contributing to increasingly polluted air in Bangladesh, but so far not much is being done about it. Bangladesh’s national environment agency has rung an alarm bell over air quality in Dhaka, deeming it “extremely unhealthy” as the dry season begins. On 7 January 2018, Dhaka’s air pollution… Continue reading Dhaka chokes on air pollution
New Delhi smog “rivals 1952 London”
Ranjit Devraj Pollution levels in the Indian capital this month have rivaled 1952 London, when smog killed around 4,000 people, pollution experts say. On the worst day, November 8, several monitoring stations in New Delhi reported an Air Quality Index (AQI) of 999, far higher than the upper limit of the hazardous band of 500.… Continue reading New Delhi smog “rivals 1952 London”
In India, air pollution 2nd largest killer and children are growing smaller lungs
Landmark studies shows air pollution is now the second largest killer in India and another recent study in Journal of Indian Paediatrics shows children in Delhi are growing up with smaller lungs compared to the children of developed world Centre for Science and Environment expresses deep shock at the dubious death tally and massive loss of… Continue reading In India, air pollution 2nd largest killer and children are growing smaller lungs
Every Londoner is exposed to dangerous toxic air particles
Every area of London is exposed to air pollution beyond WHO standards and 7.9 million Londoners live in areas exceeding air quality guidelines by at least 50 per cent A new research study, based on the latest updated London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, nearly 95 per cent of the capital’s population – live in areas of London… Continue reading Every Londoner is exposed to dangerous toxic air particles
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