If you’re healthy, a N95 respirator will prevent you from breathing in particles that contain the virus. And if you’re sick, a face mask will help prevent you from spreading the infection to others. But if you’re not wearing them correctly, that protection is thwarted. For many years, scientists weren’t sure if wearing a mask…
Air pollution has become a reality that we all have to live with. We just can’t wish it away nor can we avoid it. After all how long can you remain locked in your home or office? Air pollution is not restricted to outdoor air pollution, indoor air is just as bad as outdoor AQI.…
We are coming up on the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon in the third week of October. Delhi’s AQI in the morning time between 7 and 10AM has been hovering right around 250-350 ug/m^3. This number is approximately 20 times the WHO’s air quality guideline! Obviously running is healthy, however, running in poor quality air, can’t…
Is clean air a luxury, a nice to have or a necessity? Well, firstly you need to understand that our body needs 3 raw materials to thrive – food, water and air. While we can live without food for 3 weeks, water for 3 days, we would not make it across the 3-minute mark without…
In an attempt to make air quality measurement easier to understand, the ministry of environment and forests launched a National Air Quality Index (AQI). It will put out real time data about level of pollutants in the air and inform people about possible impacts on health. Government have added five more components to the new…
It is summer time once again and the mercury is already touching 40 in Northern India. The summers as always are difficult to bear in the northern plains where it gets really hot. So as the summer time is around people start packing their bags and head north to enjoy the cool climes of Himachal…
It’s no surprise that air pollution is a serious threat to human health. With every single breath, you’re breathing nth amount of air pollutants with it. Even the low concentration of these pollutants can damage a lot in our body. Obviously, small kids are an easy target as their breathing capability is much higher than…
There is a myth going around that you inhale more CO2 than oxygen when you wear an anti-pollution mask – by re-breathing your exhaled air. For this reason, folks have ruled that it is unhealthy to wear a mask. Right or wrong? Absolutely wrong!! To clarify, I’m going to evaluate the mask layer by layer:…
The issue of Air Pollution is as real as you can think, and now it’s haunting our future. Yes, you are reading it right. Air Pollution is the worst thing that a human could create for himself. Almost everything on this earth is affecting badly due to bad air, but most of all it’s affecting…
