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The Threat of Air Pollution


Air Pollution – On a global scale


Air Pollution - India


The Indian Scenario…

• The widely monitored pollutants in India are particulate matter(PM), NO2 and SO2,CO and O3.The Central Pollution Control Board(CPCB) considers air to be clean if the levels are below 50%.

• Consequences of over exposure to these pollutants range from premature mortality due to aggravated morbidity effects such as asthma, bronchitis and oxygen deficiency in blood.

• Out of the 190 cities monitored, apart from Malapuram(Kerela) and Madurai(Tamil Nadu) all other cities have high levels of air pollution, mostly PM



• Total number of Vehicles in India as in 2012160Million

• Expected number of vehicles in India by 2030450 Million

• Annual emission of PM2.5 in 20122.5 Lakh Tonnes

• Average annual increase in the number of vehicles in the last decade10.2%



• lives lost due to air pollution, making it the fifth largest killer in India620,000

• Daily average travel time in the metropolitan cities1.5 Hours

• Increase in the number of life lost due to vehicular and indoor air pollution compared to 20006X

• Reduction in life expectancy at birth due to current levels of air pollution3.2 years


Top 5 most polluted cities in India

5. AHMEDABAD• The textile industries in the city are the major contributors to air pollution• PM less than 2.5µm (PM2.5) in the air: 100µg/m3

• PM less than 10µm (PM10 in the air: 67µg/m3

4. RAIPUR• The power plants and big industries are the major reason for increasing

levels of air pollution• PM less than 2.5µm (PM2.5) in the air: 134µg/m3


3. GWALIOR• The coal fired power plants and vehicular emissions are the major

factors for the air pollution• PM less than 2.5µm (PM2.5) in the air: 144µg/m3



Top 5 most polluted cities in India

2. PATNA (1. No. should be at the top right?)• Despite not being an industrial city, the vehicular

emissions in the city are huge• PM less than 2.5µm (PM2.5) in the air: 149µg/m3


1. DELHI• The most polluted city in India is also the 2nd most

polluted city in the world• PM less than 2.5µm (PM2.5) in the air: 153µg/m3

• PM less than 10µm (PM10 in the air: µg/m3


Air Quality index – major cities in India

The first national index that explains the effect of breathing air to a person’s health

The system though is still to mature, steps are being taken by the CPCB to improve the accuracy of the numbersSource: the times of India


Health hazards of air pollution

• Air pollution causes about 20 % of lung cancer and six

percent of high blood pressure deaths in India - Aaron

Cohen, Head, the Global Burden of Diseases group

• Air pollutants incite processes that lead to high blood

pressure, blood clotting, and electrical instability in the

heart, which can translate into heart attack, stroke, and

sudden cardiac death


Health hazards of air pollution“Risks from air pollution are

far greater than previously

thought, particularly in terms

of heart disease and strokes.

Few risks have a greater impact

on global health today than

air pollution. The evidence signals the need for concerted

action to clean up the air we breathe”

- Dr Maria Neira,

director of WHO’s department of public health,

environmental and social determinants of health.

Source: The Financial Express


Health hazards of air pollution


Article by UCLA Institute of EnvironmentImpact of air pollution on infants and children


Facts about industrial pollution

• Air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels like coal and diesel has contributed to a worrisome slowdown in rice harvest growth in India in the past two decades

• India, the world's third-largest coal producer, is among the world's top CO2 emitters. - National Geographic

• According to a research survey conducted by the University of Kashmir across cement industries in India, 93% of the workers complained of wheezing, 71% had irregular heart beats and 90% had cough problems due to cement dust pollution


Facts about industrial pollution

• A study conducted by the North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon across employees of cotton and other textile industries in Maharashtra reveals that 51%-71% suffered from chest tightness, 55%-62% experienced chest pain while 33%-42% reported frequent coughs primarily due to exposure to cotton dust pollution

• Cotton dust pollution is the primary cause of Byssiniosis(a disease caused by exposure to cotton dust which causes irritation in the mucous membrane in eye, nose & throat, dry cough, chest tightness and wheezing


What can be learnt from other countries??

• In Beijing, the government restricts what days you can drive your car if there are too many consecutive days of high pollution. They shut down factories and prohibit the use of firecrackers and barbecues.

• Paris chooses to make public transportation free on days with high pollution.

• Japan, whose pollution levels were once on par with the current China, introduced drastic laws which was known as the Pollution Diet of 1970. Today, Japan’s cities are among the world’s least polluted, according to the WHO.


Did You Know ???COPD that develops due to indoor pollution accounts for more than 1 million deaths every year

It takes only 5 days for a jet stream in China to carry the air pollution to the United States

Rising levels of air pollution in Beijing has brought a new disease – Beijing cough

By 2050, 6 million people will die per year due to air pollution

Striving to make a difference by providing safe and healthy living

We at OnMask Life Sciences Pvt. Ltd. are concerned about the increasingly degrading quality of air we breathe. Big Indian cities are becoming one of the most polluted in the world. We are working towards providing better protection against air pollutants and envision ourselves to be an end to end solution provider for providing high quality breathable air.

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