Delhi Air Pollution: Breathing Delhi's air is equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes, an expert told us how to avoid poisonous air

Delhi Air Pollution: There is an air emergency in the country's capital Delhi, the capital Delhi has become a gas chamber. The capital Delhi is gasping, coughing. Pollution is poisoning people's lungs. Know what damage it is causing to our health, and what we have to do to avoid it. Delhi's air, water, land, everything is poisonous.

Delhi witnessed its second most stifling day on Monday. At more than half of Delhi's stations, the AQI needle was fixed at 500 in the red mark. Delhi kept wondering whether to breathe or not. The situation was such that if we went out for a while, our eyes would start burning and watering. Every person in Delhi is filling his lungs with poison every moment. Delhi needs to detox. These days, this has become the identity of the Delhi-NCR region. Delhi's air is in the headlines not only in the country but also in newspapers, news channels, and websites across the world. At this time, breathing in Delhi's air is equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes. What does it mean to breathe in this poisonous air for an hour, understand from a health expert...

There is an air emergency in the country's capital Delhi, the capital Delhi has become a gas chamber. The capital Delhi is panting, coughing. The air of the capital Delhi has become poisonous. Every person in Delhi is filling poison in his lungs every moment. Delhi needs to detox. These days this has become the identity of the Delhi-NCR region. The air of Delhi is in the headlines not only in the country but also in newspapers, news channels, and websites across the world.

Delhi has smog, not fog!

There is no smog in Delhi NCR right now, but it is due to the dust present in the air, the dust which is sometimes due to construction, sometimes due to pollution, and sometimes due to stubble, these suspended particles of dust are included in it, these are fine particles like PM 2.5 and PM 10. When we breathe, they reach our respiratory tract and cause great damage to our body. Delhi's Air Quality Index is in a very bad condition. In some areas of Delhi, the Air Quality Index crossed 1000 on Monday, which is a very serious situation. This means that if you are breathing in this air of Delhi for a day, then it is equivalent to a person smoking about 50 cigarettes, that is, even if you do not smoke cigarettes in the whole day. So the air of Delhi today is damaging your lungs equivalent to 50 cigarettes. From this, you can guess what is the condition of Delhi's air.

Delhi's air remains clean only for 2 months in a year - Namita Gupta

Namita Gupta, founder of Air Veda, says, 'The biggest problem is that we think about pollution only for two months in a year and that too until a QI does not reach 400-500, then neither the citizen nor the government thinks about it. Pollution does not happen only from October to December, it happens throughout the year. It is only during the monsoon season when Delhi has clean air... two months in a year. But if the citizens and the government wake up only for two months in a year, then no problem can be solved. This is not just Delhi's problem, but the problem of the whole country. Its solution is that we need political will and we need to work on it throughout the year. The governments of Delhi, Haryana, UP, and Punjab will have to sit together and find a solution to this problem. 

How pollution is making people sick

Dr GC Khilnani, a health specialist at PSRI, said, 'These days, many new patients are coming with lung problems. At the same time, the patients in our ICU who were improving with treatment, are getting worse with this pollution, they are going on ventilators and are on the verge of death and we have proof of this.' He said, 'Many new patients are coming who did not have any lung problem, you have described it very well, but the patients in our ICU who were improving with treatment, are getting worse with this pollution, they are going on ventilators and are on the verge of death and we have proof of this. The Chicago study has revealed that those who live in Delhi have a reduced life span of 12 years, and those who live in India have a reduced life span of 5.3 years. So this means that just as it was told that this is not our current problem, it is a problem for 12 months. 

Cancer due to pollution!

Dr. GC Khilnani said, 'In such weather when people have a cough, they take antibiotics in large numbers and drink cough syrup. In such a situation, sometimes the problem increases so much that one has to go for nebulization, then their oxygen level decreases and they reach the ICU directly. Therefore, one should not exercise in this weather, because it can increase people's problems. One should avoid going to places with high pollution and crowds. Stay at home and whenever you have to go out, wear an N95 mask. One should not think that air pollution affects only the lungs. We talk about PM 2.5, but there is an ultra-fine particulate of 0.1 microgram which is not measured normally. It goes to the whole body through the lungs, then goes to the heart, brain, blood vessels, intestines, kidneys, and reproductive system, which is very dangerous. Talking about today, cancer occurs at the age of 40 due to air pollution. We used to read that those who do not smoke cigarettes or bidis do not get COPD, but today 50% of COPD is caused by air pollution, this is not just the damage of October-November, this damage is for the whole year. If you see an average of 2.5, then Delhi's average is above 100.   

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