A new global study has revealed that air pollution was responsible for more than 1.2 million deaths in India in the year 2017.
According to a research by the University of Colorado Boulder, basic household tasks like boiling water or cooking your dinner or cleaning can leave your home as polluted as a major city.
Increased air pollution makes us vulnerable to a host of health conditions while reduced levels of can increase our life span.
Wondering about the possible health risks for children of people routinely exposed to highly polluted air, including soldiers and residents of some of the world's largest cities, the researchers studied the effects of dirty air on mice. And they found an abundance of evidence of harm to the offspring of parents that routinely breathed dirty air prior to mating.
Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature deaths in the world today. Last year, the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, attributed to air pollution an estimated 6.5 million premature deaths globally, with 1.1 million being from India.
The study will help us understand and see the effect of pollution on the unborn child in terms of growth, respiratory problems like asthma or other allergies. After birth, the child will also be observed for two years.
Loss of life expectancy is highest in Asia, exceeding six years in many parts of India and China; some residents of the US still lose up to a year of life from pollution.
Every day, around 93 per cent of the children globally under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted that it puts their health and development at serious risk, the World Health Organisation (WHO). Tragically, many of them die.
According to reports, seven percent of people over 65 suffer from some form of dementia, and 40 per cent after the age of 85, globally.
Air pollution has emerged as a major factor for lung cancer in India, especially among those below the age of 40, suggests a new study.
Researches are being conducted to find out the genetic effect of PM 2.5.
A new global study has revealed that air pollution was responsible for more than 1.2 million deaths in India in the year 2017.
According to a research by the University of Colorado Boulder, basic household tasks like boiling water or cooking your dinner or cleaning can leave your home as polluted as a major city.
Increased air pollution makes us vulnerable to a host of health conditions while reduced levels of can increase our life span.
Wondering about the possible health risks for children of people routinely exposed to highly polluted air, including soldiers and residents of some of the world's largest cities, the researchers studied the effects of dirty air on mice. And they found an abundance of evidence of harm to the offspring of parents that routinely breathed dirty air prior to mating.
Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature deaths in the world today. Last year, the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health, attributed to air pollution an estimated 6.5 million premature deaths globally, with 1.1 million being from India.
The study will help us understand and see the effect of pollution on the unborn child in terms of growth, respiratory problems like asthma or other allergies. After birth, the child will also be observed for two years.
Loss of life expectancy is highest in Asia, exceeding six years in many parts of India and China; some residents of the US still lose up to a year of life from pollution.
Every day, around 93 per cent of the children globally under the age of 15 years (1.8 billion children) breathe air that is so polluted that it puts their health and development at serious risk, the World Health Organisation (WHO). Tragically, many of them die.
According to reports, seven percent of people over 65 suffer from some form of dementia, and 40 per cent after the age of 85, globally.
Air pollution has emerged as a major factor for lung cancer in India, especially among those below the age of 40, suggests a new study.
Researches are being conducted to find out the genetic effect of PM 2.5.
