TWO KILLERS IN THE AIR
It's shocking to know that 22 of the world's most polluted cities are in India
where deadly polluted air and covid - 19 virus,
the two giant killers who have many similarities between each other are putting
millions of people at risk, just by breathing.
Deadly peril is smothering our cities, killing four times as many people in one
year than covid - 19. Across the world nearly
nine million people died from air pollution in 2018, and in India, it claims the
life of one child every three minutes.
The peril is air pollution and the victims have died simply by breathing in the
air around them.
Fossil fuels are the source of toxic fug engulfing the cities. Greenhouse gas
emissions from coal, oil and gas are simultaneously
forcing global warming, while doing a hit and run number on city populations
through the release of tiny poisonous particles
which penetrate deep into the lungs leading to lung cancer, coronary heart
disease, strokes and early death. The smallest particles
are considered especially dangerous to human health because they get through
many of our bodies' defences such as nose hair
or mucus. With millions breathing deadly air that can kill anyone for which you
have no control over it, the reality is very hard to
grapple with.