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India air pollution impact: Air pollution has become a serious threat in India. Alam is that people are falling prey to many diseases. However, experts say that pollution can be reduced. Rakesh K. Chawla says that if we reduce the fine particulate pollution and adopt guideline-based treatment for COPD, asthma and TB, then we can save millions of people from hospitalization every year and add healthy years to our people’s lives. This is not just about hospitals or patients, but there is a question of saving the strength and liveliness of an entire generation.
Dr. Chawla says that due to kitchen smoke, biomass fuel, passive smoking, lung cancer cases are also increasing in women. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global TB Report 2024, India has a population of 1 lakh per 1 lakh population in 2022 199 new TB cases Was recorded. Apart from this, increasing cases of pneumonia were also emphasized. It was told that children below the age of five are due to pneumonia, which is 14%.
Average 1000 days less than life
The reason behind these increasing cases is such as running in bad air, getting stuck in traffic jams daily, sitting in polluted classes- all these factors are harming the lungs of the youth. It was told in the conference that poisonous air is reducing about 1,000 days of the average life of Indians which are cautious figures. Let us tell you that according to the “State of Global Air 2020” report, pollution in India is decreasing on an average of 1.5 to 2 years in the lifetime of people.
Youth’s health deteriorated due to pollution
Experts have warned that the health of the lungs of the youth is deteriorating rapidly. Talking about statistics, about 81,700 new cases are coming in front of lung cancer every year. This figure is a measure of increasing danger. Earlier lung diseases were seen in the elderly, but now cases like lung cancer, COPD and TB are also visible in youth.