Toxins, gases and other air pollutants hang low when the sky is overcast, which aggravates asthma and other respiratory symptoms. Children are the worst hit because their developing immune system, lungs and airways are not as strong as those of adults [more….]

We have encountered a faceless enemy, but it is as dangerous and lethal as it gets.Pollutants like PM10, PM2.5, SO2 and NO2 mixed with smog and other dust particles have increased by over 300 per cent in a decade, and are destroying Delhi’s atmosphere. Children are the most vulnerable [more….]

In the last decade, from about https://experience.tripster.ru/experience/Astrakhan/sights/ 10 cases a day the number has increased to over 25, especially in the age group of under two years, most of whom have bronchial and respiratory disorders [more…]

I operate every day on hearts and while doing that we also look at the lungs of people, so we know what effect the quality of the air is doing to the lungs of residents of different areas. If you look at it, if you look at people from urban areas like Delhi, especially from Delhi, we have pictures like this where you will see that there is a huge amount of charcoal deposit, it’s like what we call almost black lungs [more…] 

Days of doubts and complacency are over. There is hard evidence now to act urgently to reduce the public health risks to all, particularly children, elderly, and poor. No one can escape toxic air. India will have to take aggressive action to reverse the trend of short-term respiratory and cardiac effects as well as long-term cancer and other metabolic and cellular effects [more…]

While rising air pollution in the country poses serious health risks to all, it is more worrisome for children as their vital organs are not mature enough to deal with it. This calls for an urgent need to raise people’s awareness and find ways to address the issue effectively [more…]

Are Indian cities going to have air that people can actually live in, have babies in, and bring up their babies to be healthy and productive members of society — that’s a real question [more…]

If you have the option to live elsewhere, you should not raise children in Delhi [more…] 

Air pollution is changing what it means to be a child today [more…]