Air pollution is too much in India, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Madras as a whole all cities and towns have air pollution if the form of PM particles or dangerous level of gas are alarming. This India’s rising air pollution crisis has created the burden of respiratory diseases to an extent of 32 percent of the global burden, found a new study published in The Lancet. To put it in perspective, India consists of 17.8 percent of the population. This is an alert for controlling it immediately by Government agencies and the public in general.
Deaths by chronic respiratory diseases contributed to 10.9 percent of total deaths in 2016 in India. Chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD) and asthma were responsible for 75.6 percent and 20 percent of chronic respiratory diseases. The study also found that air pollution contributes to chronic respiratory diseases more than smoking in the country. About…
