http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2016/11/04/what-is-behind-delhis-soaring-air-pollution/
http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/17/news/economy/india-new-delhi-air-pollution/
http://money.cnn.com/2016/02/17/news/economy/india-new-delhi-air-pollution/
The destructive force of air contamination is no new finding. Various reviews have reasoned that both outside and indoor contamination can bring about an assortment of genuine personal problems within the body, including illness, unending aspiratory obstructive infection, expanded danger of stroke and even lung tumors. One review distributed a year ago in Nature evaluated that a sort of contamination known as "fine particulate matter" — minor dangerous particles that can be discharged by an assortment of sources, including the copying of fossil energizes or natural matter — is in charge of around 3 million deaths worldwide every year. The capital's smog, said to be its worst in 17 years, lead to the closure of the city's over 5,000 schools to minimise the risk for children to be exposed to the polluted air and resulted in an estimated 4.41 million children missing at least three days of school, the United Nations Children's Fund said.
According to estimates, air pollution levels hit 999 micrograms of particulate matter, more than 15-16 times the limit considered safe. Government agencies underscored that the alarming level of air pollution - which is a major contributing factor to some of the most deadly diseases children face - is not just a challenge in Delhi, but for many cities around the world.
Sounding a major alarming note, the agency said almost a million children under 5 die from pneumonia per year, and about half of those cases are directly linked with air pollution.
Delhi's government has responded to concerns by cutting construction work and suspending local power plant production. If the government does nothing, they directly sentence the greater part of Delhi's young poopulation to a lifetime of breathing grimey air. On the worst days, thick brown haze clouds the sun, lessening perceivability to only a couple of hundred meters. The exhaust cloud is frequently tinged with woodsmoke, and the fragrance sticks to clothing like air from a smokey bar. People have said that the air here in Delhi is comparable to gas chambers, thick with smoke and the cause of many deaths.
According to estimates, air pollution levels hit 999 micrograms of particulate matter, more than 15-16 times the limit considered safe. Government agencies underscored that the alarming level of air pollution - which is a major contributing factor to some of the most deadly diseases children face - is not just a challenge in Delhi, but for many cities around the world.
Sounding a major alarming note, the agency said almost a million children under 5 die from pneumonia per year, and about half of those cases are directly linked with air pollution.
Delhi's government has responded to concerns by cutting construction work and suspending local power plant production. If the government does nothing, they directly sentence the greater part of Delhi's young poopulation to a lifetime of breathing grimey air. On the worst days, thick brown haze clouds the sun, lessening perceivability to only a couple of hundred meters. The exhaust cloud is frequently tinged with woodsmoke, and the fragrance sticks to clothing like air from a smokey bar. People have said that the air here in Delhi is comparable to gas chambers, thick with smoke and the cause of many deaths.