Equivalent to 25–30 cigarettes': A physician in Medanta warns expectant parents about the'severe' Delhi Air Quality Index

 'Equivalent to 25–30 cigarettes': A physician in Medanta warns expectant parents about the'severe' Delhi Air Quality Index

With an overall air quality index (AQI) of 413 on Saturday, Delhi's air quality remained very filthy for the third day in a row, causing a number of health issues for the city's residents. Dr. Arvind Kumar, a top lung specialist at Medanta Hospital, claims that the harm caused by poor air quality to the body is equivalent to that of 25 to 30 cigarettes.

From an embryo to an old person...Air pollution has a harmful effect on people of all ages. Given that an unborn kid is not breathing, you may be curious about how they are impacted.how the kid is being exposed to the air pollutants. Toxins enter the mother's lungs as she breathes, enter her bloodstream via the lungs, and then travel through the placenta to harm the unborn kid or fetus.It may result in early births and other problems as well," Dr. Kumar told the news agency ANI.

"When the child is born, they start breathing the same air," he said.Consider a baby who, on the first day of life, smokes 25–30 cigarettes. You can only image the devastation that hell will do to their body's organs. They suffer from a variety of respiratory issues.

Over the last several days, Delhi has been forced to breathe very hazardous air. The national capital's visibility has also drastically decreased due to the rapidly declining air quality and fog, as a thick fog has descended over the city.

The AQI on Saturday was reported at 453 in Anand Vihar and 453 at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range as well as Shadipur. The Central Pollution Control Board, which was established (CPCB) reported that Wazirpur had an AQI of 442, Punjab Bagh at 435, 434 at Bawana, 432 at Okhla, as well as 431 at R K Puram. The National Capital Region (NCR)'s other areas had terrible air quality as well: 337 in Ghaziabad, 490 in the area of Greater Noida, 449 in Faridabad, as well as 392 in Gurugram.

It should be noted that an AQI of zero to fifty is excellent, 51 to one hundred acceptable, 101 to 200 moderate, 201 to 300 bad, 301 to 400 extremely poor, and 401 to 500 severe.