The survey highlights that the public is aware that poor air quality affects their health but is not aware of the extent of the damage, says Dr Arvind Kumar, Founder of Lung Care Foundation ...
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A pair of artificial lungs put up in Mumbai's Bandra area to study the impact of air pollution started to turn black within one week ...
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The study published in The Journal of Physiology says that around 11,000 coronary heart disease and stroke deaths in the UK every year are attributable to air pollution ...
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Eight pollutants namely particulate matter (PM) 10, PM2.5, Ozone (O3), Sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), carbon monoxide (CO), lead (Pb) and ammonia (NH3) act as major parameters in deriving the AQI of an area ...
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Owing to the dust storm being faced by Northwest India, the air quality of the national capital shows no signs of improvement as it remained in the severe category on Monday ...
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SAFAR said that the whole of northwest Indian region is under the grip of blowing dust and the AQI is predicted to remain in severe to upper side of very poor range on Thursday and Friday ...
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The air quality of Delhi has dipped back to ‘very poor’ because the impact of the heavy rain that occurred last week on Thursday subsides ...
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Air pollution level in Delhi has increased again after a little relief of two days as Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) records an air quality of 'very poor' category while the authorities predict rainfall on weekends which may improve the air quality ...
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A study conducted by United Residents Join Action (URJA) found that Eighty nine per cent of the respondents living near pollution monitoring stations are not aware about the pollution monitoring in their area and lack knowledge about basic facts related to air pollution ...
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Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) said that as the impact of rain reduces, the air pollution level began to rise on Monday as Delhi recorded an Air Quality Index (AQI) of "very poor" category ...
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According to System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR), the air pollution in Delhi is likely to worsen due to increase in moisture as the India Meteorological Department predicts light rains from January 5 to 7 ...
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As the national capital continues to battle ‘severe’ air quality, the authorities have warned that any trigger in form of firecrackers on New Year's Eve or rise in vehicular emission would worsen the air pollution level in Delhi- NCR ...
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