After smoke blanketed parts of Sydney, an air pollution expert weighs in on whether to skip your afternoon jog, and how poor air quality can impact our bodies.
Environmentalists and ecology experts will gather for the fourth edition of The India Clean Air Summit (ICAS) from August 23 to 26 in the city at Radisson Blu Atria hotel. The event is being organised to call for an integrated approach to resolve air pollution and climate change, highlighting the commonalities and identifying key benefits from framing policies that look at the
Nitrogen dioxide gases are produced during this burning which irritates the respiratory airways to cause asthma, attacks in existing asthmatic patients and in other chronic breathing disorders. It is especially harmful to the developing lungs of children. The level of nitrogen dioxide in the kitchen during cooking is often above the standard set by the World Health Organisation.