{"id":12197,"date":"2018-12-11T13:15:24","date_gmt":"2018-12-11T07:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/delhi-air-pollution-is-worsening-capital-residents-health\/"},"modified":"2018-12-11T13:15:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T07:45:24","slug":"delhi-air-pollution-is-worsening-capital-residents-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/us\/delhi-air-pollution-is-worsening-capital-residents-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi Air Pollution: How It Is Worsening By Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Delhi air pollution has caused people numerous health issues such as\u00a0a cough &amp; cold including respiratory problems. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pranaair.com\/blog\/10-ways-to-protect-yourself-from-air-pollution-in-delhi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">air quality of Delhi<\/a> has significantly deteriorated in the past one week with a fall in the temperature. According to the weather forecasting, National Capital of India will experience a rise in the pollution level in the coming two days.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Delhi Air Pollution Makes It Difficult To Breathe<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Every day the residents of the capital city are waking up to a thick smog and hazy morning with almost no sunlight coming through. With the rise in AQI level and the worsening of air quality by every day, <a href=\"https:\/\/aqi.in\/blog\/graded-response-action-plan-grap-the-solution-to-delhis-air-pollution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delhi air pollution<\/a> is making it impossible for the people to breathe fresh air.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">With the help of AQI India pollution monitoring devices that are placed in the different location in New Delhi, the maximum AQI value was charted at 536 as of last week.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-868 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/aqi.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2018-12-11-1.png\" alt=\"Delhi Air Pollution - AQI Values\" width=\"646\" height=\"418\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">This level of AQI is categorized as hazardous which has dangerous effects on human health. Inhaling air with PM 2.5 as high as 261 can lead to chronic health issues such as bronchitis attack, asthma, heart ailments just to name a few.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Health Issues from breathing Delhi\u2019s Poor Air Quality<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">One can experience dry coughs, breathing problems like difficulty in breathing or irregular breathing pattern, sore puffy eyes, skin irritation and allergies due to breathing Delhi\u2019s poor air quality. <a href=\"https:\/\/aqi.in\/blog\/delhi-smog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Delhi air pollution<\/a> has caused an increase in\u00a0hospital visits lately and the numbers are only increasing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Newborns and children are the most vulnerable to the health risk posed by air pollution in Delhi. Besides the kids, even elderly citizens and pregnant women are complaining about health issues which doctors fear if not paid attention at the right time may complicate health matter in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_870\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-870\" style=\"width: 863px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-870 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/aqi.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thequint2F2015-112F9228bf45-a289-41ee-a893-00c7908303a32Fair-pollution-2-reuters-1024x692.jpg\" alt=\"Delhi Air Pollution affecting health\" width=\"863\" height=\"583\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Photo Credit: Google Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><strong>Steps You can take for Cleaner and Better Air<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Breathing Delhi\u2019s polluted air is not only affecting your physical well being but also your mental and financial state. To save your family and yourself from the city\u2019s polluted air, you can take simple yet small steps to clean and better air.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Instead of using a private vehicle to your destination, prefer carpool or take public transport whenever possible.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Reduce your heating needs by making your house more energy efficient.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Do not burn any plastic or garbage as it produces more amount of carbon dioxide.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Do not use gasoline or diesel-powered equipment as it produces common pollutants include unburned\u00a0hydrocarbons(HC),\u00a0carbon monoxide(CO),\u00a0nitrogen oxides\u00a0(NOx) or\u00a0particulate matter\u00a0(PM).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Most importantly &#8211; Reduce, reuse and recycle!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">We may not be able to change the pollution level in Delhi in a snap of a finger, but we can try to change our methods taking precautionary measures.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; color: #000000; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\">Controlling the rising pollution level is only in our hands, and nobody can save us from the disaster that is on its way.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Keeping in mind the good health of our future generations to come and the present times, let us do our bit and help in fixing the problem. To find more about the AQI of other states, visit<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aqi.in\">www.aqi.in<\/a>. <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Interested to share your suggestion on how to stop air pollution, write us in the comment section.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also Read :\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aqi.in\/blog\/air-quality-index-pollution-in-delhi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pollution in Delhi: Know What You\u2019re Breathing<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.aqi.data&amp;hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aqi.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/AQI-India-App.jpg\" alt=\"AQI India App\" width=\"820\" height=\"312\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi air pollution has caused people numerous health issues such as\u00a0a cough &amp; cold including respiratory problems. 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