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Indoor Air Pollution
News: According to a study, India’s poor indoor air quality can impair cognitive development in children under two years when brain growth is at its peak.
Background:
The State of Global Air 2020 report found that over 116,000 infants in India died within a month of birth in 2019 due to air pollution, outdoor and indoor.
Every third child in Delhi has impaired lungs making them vulnerable to metabolic diseases.
Key Findings:
Poor air quality was found in households that used solid cooking materials such as cow dung cake.
Very small particulate fragments (PM 2.5) in the air are a major concern as they can move from the respiratory tract
into the brain.
Infants (<2 years) from these houses had lower visual memory scores and slower visual processing speeds.
As children grow up in polluted environments, their developing organs and bodies are affected.
It can have long-term consequences in life of children such as lower economic productivity, increased burden on
healthcare and mental health systems.
What can be done?
Improved ventilation in houses especially those which rely on traditional way of cooking.
Modification in design of cooking stove which doesn’t release smoke (Unnat Chulha Abhiyan)
Change in pattern of fuel use (PM Ujjwala Yojana, National Biogas and Manure Management Programme, GOBARdhan Scheme)
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