The United Nations celebrates June 5 as the \u201cWorld Environment Day\u201d, probing nations, enterprises and community from all across the world to raise awareness about the environment and raise a call of action.<\/p>\n
Last year, the \u201cWorld Environment Day\u201d was celebrated in India under the theme \u201cBeat plastic pollution\u201d which brought to attention the devastating effects of plastic and briefed on protocols to combat it.<\/p>\n
This year, China hosts the World Environment Day on the theme \u201cAir Pollution\u201d. The celebration provides an ample platform for enlightening opinions to surface and to formulate responsible conduct by countries, industries, and individuals to improve the quality of air that we breathe.<\/p>\n
Did you know that over 7 million people die globally, owing to issues stemming from air pollution, over which 4 million happens across Asia-Pacific? In fact, according to a report, 92 percent of world\u2019 population breathes impure air with almost 80 percent of urban dwellers exposed to pollution levels which are well above accepted health standards according to WHO\u2019s World Global Ambient Air Quality Database. In global economy standard, Welfares regarding air pollution almost costs around 5 trillion dollars every year.<\/p>\n
Scoot, dust, sulfur oxide, ozone, Nitrogen oxide, carbon monoxide, etc. are some of the common yet harmful pollutants that plague our daily air.<\/p>\n
The PM 2.5, emitted from exhausts, and combustion fumes are, in fact, extremely dangerous with them capable of being suspended on air for a long time and drawn into lungs, and penetrating deep which makes it a case of large concern and severe health predicament. While a measurement within 50 is considered ideal, the numbers some cities and town indicate is a predicament, hard to ignore. 4 out of 10 people in the country breath air with pollutants five times more the acceptable standard.<\/p>\n
The case of pollution doesn\u2019t just restrict to exterior air pollution but also extends to indoor air. The causes of indoor air pollution entail combustion of fuels, the use of asbestos, pesticides and aerosols, tobacco smoke, etc.<\/p>\n
In fact, in India, the combustion of biomass fuels such as firewood, cow dung cakes, coals, kerosene, etc. play a major role in contributing to indoor air pollution. Inorganic Pollutants such as formaldehyde and carbon monoxide; emitted from the combustion of dung, wood, and coal, oxides of sulfur, arsenic and organic compounds such as dust mites, molds., pollen and infectious organisms are some of the leading agents of indoor air pollution.<\/p>\n
Indoor air pollution can lead to serious health repercussions likes as respiratory illness, and acute respiratory tract infection, leukemia, and pneumonia, etc. In cases of pregnant women, children, and senior citizens, the effects of it can be further detrimental. Wood smoke is also recorded to have caused cardiovascular diseases. A recent report by WHO showcased that fumes from indoor stoves using biomass fuels led to serious health pollutants that can lead to mothers giving birth to underweight babies with also them being more susceptible to develop asthma and diseases like tuberculosis.<\/p>\n
The implications of inhaling impure air on the long run can have serious health detriments from having increased risks of heart attack, lung cancer, and strokes, to having cases of an asthma attack, stunted development in children, cognitive impairment, and premature fetal growth.<\/p>\n\n
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