There is a large number of environmental causes of deaths in India but air pollution has become the biggest threat to human life nowadays. Do you know, with every breath, we take the nth amount of polluted particles into our body. These pollutants have very adverse effects on the human body and the death rate of humans due to pollution is increasing every year. Though these particles seem to be very small in concentration the damage they make to our body is more than you have ever thought.
According to the reports stated by Lancet, India was ranked No.1 in deaths caused by pollution in 2015. It is very sad to know that 2.5 million deaths were reported which is three times more deaths than that caused due to AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis. Data collected by NASA have also recorded 13% increase in the levels of pollution between 2010 and 2015. This unfair means of death was faced by people of every age group. Though, children were the easiest target of air pollution because their breathing capability is much higher than that of adults. The result of which, they inhale more of this life-threatening particles too!
It is the most common myth that this pollution is harmful only to Lungs and causes lung cancer or asthma, but the fact is, this has become the main reason behind a number of diseases. Continue reading to know the 5 most common diseases caused due to air pollution:
This was just the most common diseases but the list does not end here. There is a large number of diseases and we are still not even aware of many more. As we say, act before it’s too late, so we need to put a full stop to these adverse conditions before it gets worse. Read about how to cope with air pollution and stay safe in our upcoming blog post.
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