🚨: Delhi Air is so TOXIC that it equals to 25-50 Cigarettes daily. 3 in 4 Delhi-NCR families facing Pollution-related health problems: Survey.
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As air in Delhi-NCR hits peak toxicity, every family has one or more individuals experiencing pollution-related health ailments, according to a LocalCircles survey.
The survey received over 21,000 responses from residents of Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. While 63% of respondents were men, 37% were women.
According to the Local Circles report, 75 per cent of the Delhi-NCR families have one or more members with sore throat or cough.
Due to the increasing levels of pollution, 58% families have members with headache, while 50% have someone with asthma or breathing difficulty, due to the highly toxic air quality.
Lung specialists have said that breathing air in Delhi-NCR is equal to smoking 25 to 50 cigarettes a day, which is poisoning for people with healthy lungs.
A thick blanket of smog continues to engulf the capital, with the 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) hitting a hazardous 424 on Wednesday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
In fact, the PM2.5 pollutant levels in Delhi's air was 60 times the WHO’s recommended daily limit. The global body recommends that the annual average level of PM2.5 should not exceed 5 μg/m3.
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As air in Delhi-NCR hits peak toxicity, every family has one or more individuals experiencing pollution-related health ailments, according to a LocalCircles survey.
The survey received over 21,000 responses from residents of Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad. While 63% of respondents were men, 37% were women.
According to the Local Circles report, 75 per cent of the Delhi-NCR families have one or more members with sore throat or cough.
Due to the increasing levels of pollution, 58% families have members with headache, while 50% have someone with asthma or breathing difficulty, due to the highly toxic air quality.
Lung specialists have said that breathing air in Delhi-NCR is equal to smoking 25 to 50 cigarettes a day, which is poisoning for people with healthy lungs.
A thick blanket of smog continues to engulf the capital, with the 24-hour average Air Quality Index (AQI) hitting a hazardous 424 on Wednesday, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB).
In fact, the PM2.5 pollutant levels in Delhi's air was 60 times the WHO’s recommended daily limit. The global body recommends that the annual average level of PM2.5 should not exceed 5 μg/m3.