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Air Pollution Caused Thousands of Premature Deaths in Indian Metros in 2016

...have seen more pollution-related deaths, it’s not because they have higher air pollution levels than Indian cities. “Chinese cities report higher mortality numbers, despite lower pollution levels than cities like...

By Urvija Banerji

Don't Breathe In

New Research Shows How Air Pollution Causes Lung Cancer Among Non‑Smokers

Air pollution is a silent, invisible menace. Innocuous gray particles — no wider than a strand of hair — become clouds of pollutants, responsible for the death of 8.8 million...

By Saumya Kalia

Cleaner Air Healthier Minds

Air Pollution Linked to Depression, Suicide in Global Study

...Environmental Health Perspectives, also found a relationship between air pollution and several other mental health problems, including anxiety. The researchers did not establish air pollution as a cause of depression,...

By Liesl Goecker

Leaving Car Windows Open Exposes People To 80% More Air Pollution Than Using Recirculation: Study

...people who leave their car windows open are exposed to 80 percent more air pollution than those who turn on re-circulation. The study also found that exposure to air pollution...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Mental Health Risks In The Air

Air Pollution Linked to Severe Mental Distress, Even Hospitalization: Study

...Past studies have linked air pollution to miscarriages, anemia, and even shortened lifespans — with India reporting the most infant deaths due to air pollution in the world in 2019. Subsequently, amid the global pandemic, air...

By Devrupa Rakshit

The Most Vulnerable

India Has the Most Infant Deaths Due to Air Pollution in the World: Report

...for the linkage between air pollution and adverse birth outcomes are not fully known, it is thought that air pollution may affect a pregnant woman, her developing fetus, or both...

Swimming in the Wrong Direction

New Research Links Poor Sperm Quality to Rising Air Pollution

...findings into context or a limited understanding of how pollution genetically impacts sperm composition. Related on The Swaddle: Air Pollution Might Explain the 30% of Infertility With No Known Cause:...

By Saumya Kalia

Death By Fossil

Air Pollution From Fossil Fuels Responsible For 30% of India’s Annual Deaths, Harvard Study Finds

...that regions with the highest concentrations of fossil fuel-related air pollution around the world also had the highest mortality rates. Related on The Swaddle: Air Pollution Affects Happiness — But...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Study Suggests Link Between Air Pollution and Cognitive Delays in Kids

...that may contribute to impaired cognitive function in school-age children. Indian metros have some of the worst air pollution in the world; late last year, the air pollution in Delhi...

By The Swaddle Team

Pregnancy and Pollution

Study Links Air Pollution With a Million Stillbirths a Year

...Deaths Due to Air Pollution in the World: Report Air pollution has been linked to several reproductive health concerns, including higher rates of miscarriages, low birthweight, premature birth and other...

By Ananya Singh

Could Air Pollution Be Affecting Your Ability to Dream?

...as PM 2.5, and nitrogen dioxide (NO2). From the findings of the study, “It seemed likely that air pollution was detrimental to sleep, given that air pollution causes upper airway...

By Anubhuti Matta

Hold Your Breath

Air Pollution Is Shortening the Lifespan of South Asian Kids

...dual problem of outdoor and indoor air pollution. With nearly twice the rate of exposure to PM2.5, a microscopic air particulate that can impair lung and cardiovascular function and development,...

By Liesl Goecker

Let's Spend Some Money

Environment Ministry Hasn’t Used Nearly 50% of Budget Allocated for Controlling Air Pollution

...a wide range of health complications. Research has linked air pollution to miscarriages, anemia, and even shortened lifespans — with India reporting the maximum infant deaths due to air pollution...

By Devrupa Rakshit

9% of Child Deaths Before Age Five in India in 2017 Were Due to Air Pollution: The Lancet

...Organization, household air pollution from cooking and outdoor air pollution contribute to the development of lower respiratory infections that affect the airways, in young children, especially in low-and middle-income countries....

By Anubhuti Matta

Travelling in Smoke

Automobile Emissions Are Top Cause of Air Pollution in Delhi: Report

...private transport powered by them — are responsible for air pollution. In 2021 too, vehicular emissions were responsible for more than half of the city’s early winter air pollution in...

By Amlan Sarkar

The Cost of Smog

Air Pollution Is Behind 7% of Miscarriages in South Asia: Study

...determined India has the most infant deaths due to air pollution in the world, with 1.16 lakh infant deaths in the country attributed to air pollution exposure in 2019. Yet...

By Devrupa Rakshit

Study: Air Pollution Breathed by Pregnant Women Can Cross Placenta to Reach Fetus

...pollution, though the volume of pollution varied between the location of mothers’ homes; women who lived near main thoroughfares with more traffic had higher levels of pollution concentrated in the...

By Liesl Goecker

Air Pollution Affects Happiness — But We Don’t Really Understand How

More and more research is linking dirty air to unhappiness. But the effects of air pollution on emotional and mental health are far less understood than its established effects on...

By Liesl Goecker

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