Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Sunalini Mathew Even if you don’t know the numbers, you simply need to walk into the medical room of a school to know that a nebuliser is standard equipment. With rising outdoor and indoor pollution, high stress, and poor eating habits, asthma is one more ‘lifestyle disease’ so many people …
Air pollution today is probably the greatest menace that NCR has witnessed in past few years. Breathe Life – An Aeroguard and CNN-News18 Initiative sets the focus on Indoor air pollution, its deadly impact on health and the remedies to counter the ill effects.
Delhi has been in an 'emergency-like situation' for several months now due to severe levels of air pollution and there seems to be no respite in store. The sharp dip in the levels of air quality index has exposed the population to a lot of medical uncertainties. According to a …
A study conducted by the School of Energy, Madurai Kamaraj University, found that household appliances also contribute to greenhouses gases, and indoor plants can help to tackle the problem, say experts. NASA’s Clean Air Study, has said that the common indoor plant may be the best way to overcome the …
KOLKATA: The air that you inhale inside the warmth of your home could be as poisonous or even worse than the outdoor air, warns a study conducted by a group of city environmentalists and the Calcutta University's economics department. It has found the indoor air quality (IAQ) or the pollution …
The purpose of this analytical white paper is to identify effects of health concerns for air pollution on government and public actions in India, identify barriers and opportunities; and propose recommendations on how to use heath concerns to build support for air pollution control and prevention. Given the status of …
Innovations to make the air we breathe cleaner: Our cities are fast becoming hard to live in, courtesy the polluted atmosphere. Breathability is at an all-time low. In this episode of Future Perfect 2.0, we talk about solutions that are making our indoor, and outdoor air quality a bit better.
Over half of the population in both China and India use traditional cookstoves that emit harmful air pollutants resulting in over a million annual premature deaths. Reducing pollution from cookstoves is a key priority as emissions from traditional cookstoves and open fires with solid fuels is a major health concern. …
Over half of the population in both China and India use traditional cookstoves that emit harmful air pollutants resulting in over a million annual premature deaths. Reducing pollution from cookstoves is a key priority as emissions from traditional cookstoves and open fires with solid fuels is a major health concern. …
For households without access to grid-based electricity or gas for cooking, traditional cook stoves are typically fuelled by wood or charcoal, generating considerable indoor air pollution. Cook stoves fuelled with biogas provide complete combustion, significantly alleviating health and environmental problems. This technology brief from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) …
The national government wants counties to allocate at least Sh100 million ($969,929) annually for renewable energy projects in their County Integrated Development Plans in order to reduce indoor air pollution. The Daily Nation reported that the move includes having the counties commit to building capacity for local communities and make …
An estimated 4.5 billion people are currently exposed to particulate matter (PM) levels at least twice the concentration that the WHO considers safe. Existing evidence linking health to air pollution is largely based on populations exposed to only modest levels of PM and almost entirely composed of observational studies, which …
Air pollution exposure is the second most important risk factor for ill health in South Asia, contributing to between 13% and 21.7% of all deaths and approximately 58 million disability adjusted life years (DALYs) through chronic and acute respiratory and cardiovascular illnesses.1 Of the top 30 cities in the world …
Household air pollution (HAP) is the eighth leading risk factor for global disease burden, contributing to 2.9 million yearly premature deaths. Nearly 80% of the sub-Saharan population and about 90 million households in Nigeria use biomass as their primary fuel for cooking and energy needs, which can adversely impact their …
The 2015 smoke haze episode was one of the most severe and prolonged transboundary air pollution events ever seen in Southeast Asia (SEA), affecting the air quality of several countries within the region including Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The 24 h mean outdoor PM2.5 (particulate matter (PM) with aerodynamic diameter …
As pollution levels deteriorate in the National Capital Region, health experts have warned that continuous exposure to polluted air has the potential to cause a stroke among adults. Alhough it was earlier believed that pollution only increased the risk of heart problems, it also possesses the capability to damage inner …
Indoor air pollution is second only to outdoor air pollution when it comes to deaths caused globally, a recent survey found. Here’s a look at where it kills the most and the types of pollution that cause the most deaths.
It could well be that you are breathing in air in your home that is of poorer quality than the air outside. At the Air-O2-Thon, an international summit on air pollution, experts said on Wednesday that an integrated emission inventory with common standards was necessary for cities across the country …
