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Mumbai: Air quality drops with rise in garbage, overflow at landfills

As the problem of open burning rages across the city despite complaints, urban local bodies like BMC are coming under greater scrutiny for solid waste management and redressal mechanisms. Introducing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the kitchens of the poor under a government scheme is one solution that has helped reduce burning of biomass like …

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Household air pollution from solid fuels and its invisible solution

There are several sources of indoor air pollution. These include smoke from fuel burned for heating and cooking, smoke from tobacco, building materials (paints, varnishes, wood flooring, etc.), adhesives in furniture and electronics, broken CFLs and tube lights, excess moisture, and overall outdoor air pollution. Out of these sources, burning solid fuel for cooking is …

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The silent pandemic hiding in plain sight is air pollution. No government is willing to regulate it

That air pollution doesn’t show up as a cause for death on death certificates anywhere is due to a technicality. “If people that died from air pollution were marked with green spots, it would be very easy for everyone to understand. But when people’s lives are shortened by air pollution, they die of the things …

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IRS Officer Uses Plastic to Make Vertical Gardens, Helps Reduce Air Pollution

Rohit Mehra, Additional Commissioner in the Income Tax Department, has used 70 tonnes of waste plastic bottles as pots for creating vertical gardens in Ludhiana. Speaking to news agency ANI, Mehra said, “Using at least 70 tonnes of waste plastic bottles as pots, we have setup more than 500 vertical gardens at public places.” READ …

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COPD patients are at greater risk of developing severe Covid-19 disease: Dr Sundeep Salvi, Director, PURE Foundation

The number of ACE-2Rs are significantly higher in patients with COPD, especially in their lung. This makes them more vulnerable to catch the infection. Once the already compromised lung gets infected with SARC-Cov2 virus, they readily develop Covid pneumonia and its sequalae. Shahid Akhter, editor, ETHealthworld spoke to Dr Sundeep Salvi, Director, Pulmocare Research and …

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