How To Breathe Easy

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Clear The Air of Indoor Toxics

As the problem of air pollution reaches catastrophic proportions each of us becomes an involuntary stakeholder. According to the latest report by the World Health Organization, over one lakh children believe five years of age died in India due to both ambient and household air pollution in 2016. Here are some ways to keep yourself and your family safe.

THERE'S NO GOOD SMOKE

Limit the use of candles and agarbathis. Even if they are labelled as being herbal,studies have shown that they emit toxic gases and PM2.5. If you must use them, place them  near windows.

VACCUM THOROUGHLY

Firstly, clean your house regularly with a VACCUM cleaner so that you get rid of dust more efficiently. If you suffer from saath me or allergies, invest in a cleaner with a high -efficiency particulate air (HEPA) / filter which will retain particles measuring 0.3 microns and larger, instead of blowing it back into the air.

DON'T TAKE IT TO THE CLEANERS

Perchloroethylene is a liquid solvent used to dry clean clothes. It is a serious air pollutant and long term exposure can even cause cancer. Avoid hanging your dry-cleaned clothes in the closer as soon as you get them home. Instead air them outdoors for a day or two.

AIR PURIFIERS

Though affordable ones may not be as efficient as high end purifiers, they will still help bring down dust, PM levels and other pollutants. Make sure you invest in one that doesn't emit formaldehyde and ozone as by products,which further contribute to air pollution.

VENTILATE

When running your air purifier, keep your windows and doors shut so that you don't overuse the filter. However, an air purifier doesn't produce oxygen or reduce carbon dioxide, whose level increases the longer you stay in a room. Hence, it's important to ventilate your rooms so that you are not constantly breathing in exulted air. Plus, it's the only way to get rid of mould and fungi that thrive in closed, damp spaces.

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How Air We Breathe Becomes Death

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When Air Becomes Death

The Process of Breathing Starts at birth and continues until death. We breathe around 25,000 times every day, Inhaling 10,000 or more times of air everyday. It is a basic body function meant to sustain life. But today, breathing kills; it takes the lives of approximately seven million people every year globally. This is because of the presence of pollutants in the air, which are poison for our body and seriously damage our heath. Dr Maria Nehra, the World Health Organization's air pollutant director, has called it a "global health emergency". Ninety eight percent of India's children breathe air that is inferior to the WHO standards. Nearly 25 percent deaths in children under five are directly or indirectly related to air pollution.

The key documented sources of air pollution are burning fossil fuels, Automobile exhaust,burning of garbage and landfills and all smoke-emitting industries, especially coal fixed power plans and dust from construction sides and roadsides.

How Air Pollution Makes Us Sick

Nervous System

Children

Under-development of cognitive abilities due to Neuro-inflammation.

All Ages

Neuro-inflammation and 5-10 times higher incidence of brain attacks (paralysis)

Eyes

Redness,Irritation, Watering, Infections.

Nose

Irritation, Allergies,Sinusitis

Throat

Soreness,Infections

Cardivascular Systems

Children

Premature Hypertension

All Ages

Hypertension,5-10 times higher incidence of heart attacks.

Respiratory System

Children

Under-Development of lung capacity.

All Ages

Cough, difficulty in breathing, chest pain and tightness,asthma,chest infections,pneumonia,chronic bronchitis (or chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases) lung cancer.

Reproductive Systems

Adverse Impact on reproductive systems including low sperm counts.

Conclusion

The worse affected are children,elderly and pregnant women.

Children

Under-development of lungs and brain,pneumonia,cancers and premature deaths.

Pregnant Women

Congenital defects, low birth-weight babies, death of child during pregnancy,premature labour,problems after birth (carbon particles) have been demonstrated to be present in the placenta).

WHAT IS TO BE DONE

Does wearing a mask help? Ordinarily masks made of cloth,etcetera do  not help. N95 or N99-grade mask works if worn snugly around the nose and mouth. It traps most of the PM, although gases still go through. However, it gives protection only on as long as it is worn and has other practical challenges. Thus, while it may serve as protection for shorter periods, it is definitely not a solution.

The real solution lies in identifying the root cause and fixing the problem at the source. The sources essentially are smoke and dust. Thus anything that produces smoke and causes dust to be added to air is a cause of pollution and it's rectification is the problem. People are often looking for a quick fix solution to rectify the problem overnight, but unfortunately there is none.

Burning of fossil fuels, along with garbage,remains the biggest source of smoke today, and a rapid decline and shift to cleaner renewable sources of energy are the long term answers to this malady. The time to act was yesterday but it is never to late.

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