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AIIMS Delhi Study Maps How Urban Air Pollution Breaches Placental Barrier And Impairs Foetal Growth
The ICMR-funded study, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, provides the most comprehensive molecular pathway to date linking maternal exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) with adverse pregnancy outcomes and potential long-term effects on children.
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Unhealthy AQI: Immediate Steps To Protect Your Family From Air Pollution
Exposure to high pollution is an immediate health threat. Learn the essential steps you must take to protect your family from poor air quality.
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Delhi Chokes For Oxygen As Air Quality Slips To 'Hazardous'
On Monday, the Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 level was recorded at 231, while the PM 10 was recorded at 402 in New Delhi.
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As Strict Anti-Emission Norms Kick In, Finer Particles Are New Threat
Better technology may not end the pollution crisis. Rather, it would allow one to monitor even finer particles which would become new health threats.
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Doctors Explain Why Children Can't Handle Delhi's Air Pollution
New Delhi: The air that Delhiites are breathing is harmful, more so, for the children. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), Delhi leads the list of world’s most polluted cities. Taking cognizance of the situation, the doctors have urged parents to conduct Lung Health Screening Test (LHST) for their children. According to the doctors, the...
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As Delhi Chokes In Toxic Air, Farmers Defend Burning Farmland
As he surveys his acres of charred farmland outside New Delhi, Ishwar Singh has little sympathy for people choking in India's capital or any reason to stop the fires that are fuelling pollution.
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Delhi's 'Severe' Air Quality Continues, Aggravates Health Problems
Delhi on Thursday witnessed severe level of air quality on the fourth consecutive day after Diwali.
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Cambridge Mask Company Believes Kids Need Air Masks More Than Adults
The company manufactures air masks in sizes starting from extra small, for children between 6 and 10kg in weight.
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Delhi No Longer Most Polluted In World. But 4 Of 5 Worst Cities In India
Delhi is no longer the most polluted city in the world, reveals air quality data released by the world health organization or WHO. But India is still home to four of the five worst cities.
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Level Of Air Pollutants In Delhi Rise
The level of pollutants in Delhi's air rose this evening as a thick blanket of fog enveloped parts of the city, a situation that is likely to persist tomorrow, an IMD official said.
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Air Quality In Delhi Plunges To 'Very Poor' Level
Air quality in Delhi tonight plunged to the 'very poor' level with real-time readings of PM 2.5, the tiniest and most damaging of all the particulate matters, breaching the 'severe' category in areas across the national capital.
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Air Pollution Puts Diabetic Women at High Heart Disease Risk
Women with diabetes who are exposed to air pollution for long period may have a much higher risk for heart disease, says a new study.
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Diwali To Clog Delhi's Air, Particulate Matter To Rise Over 148%
The most polluted city in the world is set to become worse. By tomorrow, a day after the Diwali celebrations, the level of particulate matter in the air (PM2.5) in Delhi would increase by 148 per cent due to polluting fire crackers.
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No Surprises. Delhi Tops This List of 381 Cities
A report by the World Bank on 381 cities from developing countries worldwide has said that Delhi tops the list of the most polluted urban settlements.
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80 People Die in Delhi Everyday From Air Pollution, Parliament is Told
Air pollution in Delhi is killing around 80 people everyday, according to an international study, said the Centre. The alarming figure was released by the Union Environment ministry in a written reply in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament.
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AIIMS Delhi Study Maps How Urban Air Pollution Breaches Placental Barrier And Impairs Foetal Growth
The ICMR-funded study, published in EMBO Molecular Medicine, provides the most comprehensive molecular pathway to date linking maternal exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) with adverse pregnancy outcomes and potential long-term effects on children.
-
Unhealthy AQI: Immediate Steps To Protect Your Family From Air Pollution
Exposure to high pollution is an immediate health threat. Learn the essential steps you must take to protect your family from poor air quality.
-
Delhi Chokes For Oxygen As Air Quality Slips To 'Hazardous'
On Monday, the Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 level was recorded at 231, while the PM 10 was recorded at 402 in New Delhi.
-
As Strict Anti-Emission Norms Kick In, Finer Particles Are New Threat
Better technology may not end the pollution crisis. Rather, it would allow one to monitor even finer particles which would become new health threats.
-
Doctors Explain Why Children Can't Handle Delhi's Air Pollution
New Delhi: The air that Delhiites are breathing is harmful, more so, for the children. According to World Health Organisation (WHO), Delhi leads the list of world’s most polluted cities. Taking cognizance of the situation, the doctors have urged parents to conduct Lung Health Screening Test (LHST) for their children. According to the doctors, the...
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As Delhi Chokes In Toxic Air, Farmers Defend Burning Farmland
As he surveys his acres of charred farmland outside New Delhi, Ishwar Singh has little sympathy for people choking in India's capital or any reason to stop the fires that are fuelling pollution.
-
Delhi's 'Severe' Air Quality Continues, Aggravates Health Problems
Delhi on Thursday witnessed severe level of air quality on the fourth consecutive day after Diwali.
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Cambridge Mask Company Believes Kids Need Air Masks More Than Adults
The company manufactures air masks in sizes starting from extra small, for children between 6 and 10kg in weight.
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Delhi No Longer Most Polluted In World. But 4 Of 5 Worst Cities In India
Delhi is no longer the most polluted city in the world, reveals air quality data released by the world health organization or WHO. But India is still home to four of the five worst cities.
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Level Of Air Pollutants In Delhi Rise
The level of pollutants in Delhi's air rose this evening as a thick blanket of fog enveloped parts of the city, a situation that is likely to persist tomorrow, an IMD official said.
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Air Quality In Delhi Plunges To 'Very Poor' Level
Air quality in Delhi tonight plunged to the 'very poor' level with real-time readings of PM 2.5, the tiniest and most damaging of all the particulate matters, breaching the 'severe' category in areas across the national capital.
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Air Pollution Puts Diabetic Women at High Heart Disease Risk
Women with diabetes who are exposed to air pollution for long period may have a much higher risk for heart disease, says a new study.
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Diwali To Clog Delhi's Air, Particulate Matter To Rise Over 148%
The most polluted city in the world is set to become worse. By tomorrow, a day after the Diwali celebrations, the level of particulate matter in the air (PM2.5) in Delhi would increase by 148 per cent due to polluting fire crackers.
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No Surprises. Delhi Tops This List of 381 Cities
A report by the World Bank on 381 cities from developing countries worldwide has said that Delhi tops the list of the most polluted urban settlements.
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80 People Die in Delhi Everyday From Air Pollution, Parliament is Told
Air pollution in Delhi is killing around 80 people everyday, according to an international study, said the Centre. The alarming figure was released by the Union Environment ministry in a written reply in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of Parliament.
