Toxic childhood

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New Year, new lows: Delhi residents greeted 2019 with an air quality index (AQI) that was categorised as ‘poor’ by the Central Pollution Control Board. The following two days fell in the ‘severe’ category - PTI/SHAHBAZ KHAN

Cold comfort: To keep warm during the bitter winter, the poor and the homeless are forced to burn any available material such as tyres, wood or plastic - THE HINDU/RV MOORTHY

Exercise caution: Youngsters and their families worry about the dangers of playing outdoors as PM 2.5 levels skyrocket - THE HINDU/RV MOORTHY

Tension in the air: A 2017 study published in the Journal of Paediatrics shows that children in Delhi are born with smaller lungs than their counterparts in the US - ISTOCK.COM

Delhi’s infamous air pollution is stifling its children, many of whom are grappling with severe respiratory ailments, often from the time of birth itself. With not enough equipment or manpower to even gauge the extent of the problem, any hope of a solution remains unrealistic at the moment

Published on February 08, 2019

Toxic childhood

Delhi’s infamous air pollution is stifling its children, many of whom are grappling with severe respiratory ailments, often from the time of birth itself. With not enough equipment or manpower to even gauge the extent of the problem, any hope of a solution remains unrealistic at the moment

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