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Delhi Air Pollution Crisis: AQI Crosses 460, Experts Warn of Rising Risk of Permanent Lung Damage

Delhi’s AQI has hit hazardous levels as toxic smog damages lungs, triggers asthma and COPD, increases respiratory infections, ...

Delhi Pollution Triggering Inflammation in Lungs Without Any Symptoms; Doctors Sound Health Alarm

Severe air pollution in Delhi is triggering silent lung inflammation in young people, even without visible symptoms. Doctors ...

Delhi-NCR air pollution: 82% report serious illness in close circles

A LocalCircles survey shows 82 per cent of Delhi-NCR residents know someone with a serious pollution-linked illness, ...

Delhi’s air emergency: What masks can and can’t do at AQI 500

Delhi's air quality has plunged to 'severe plus', posing grave health risks. Experts warn that even healthy individuals can ...

Delhi's air drove 200,000 respiratory illness cases in 3 yrs: Govt data

Growing number of respiratory cases in Delhi hospitals underscores how prolonged exposure to polluted air is stretching ...
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Ghana: How the theft of a small engine part is fueling pollution, crime, and a deadly health crisis

When Isaac Peprah bought his car, a Honda Accord, he thought he had finally escaped the long tro-tro commutes between East ...

‘Pregnant women particularly susceptible to the harmful effects of air pollution’

Air pollution also impacts the impaired neurocognitive development of the child. It also puts them at risk of developing chronic illnesses later in life, like diabetes and heart disease. “Air ...