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Started developing asthma like symptoms as a grown adult
On medication for allergies like dust pollen and pollution
Can’t imagine how it would be like for the kids who will grow up in peak of this shitshow
When in India, I did end this podcast early due to the bad air quality. @nikhilkamathcio was a gracious host and we were having a great time. The problem was that the room we were in circulated outside air which made the air purifier I'd brought with me ineffective.
Inside, the AQI was 130 and PM2.5 was 75 µg/m³, which is equal to smoking 3.4 cigarettes for 24 hours of exposure.
This was my third day in India and the air pollution had made my skin break out in rash and my eyes and throat burn.
Air pollution has been so normalized in India that no one even notices anymore despite the science of its negative effects being well known. People would be outside running. Babies and small children exposed from birth. No one wore a mask which can significantly decrease exposure. It was so confusing.
The evidence shows that India would improve the health of its population more by cleaning up air quality than by curing all cancers.
I am unsure why India's leaders do not make air quality a national emergency. I don't know what interests, money and power keep things the way they are but it's really bad for the entire country.
When I returned to the U.S., my eyes were fresh to see what is normalized to me. I saw obesity everywhere. 42.4% of American are obese and because I was around it all the time, I had been mostly oblivious to it.
In many contexts, obesity is worse than air pollution in the long term.
Why wouldn't American leaders declare a national emergency on obesity? What interests, money and power keep things the way they are but are really bad for the entire country.
Indians are justifiably outraged by the poor air quality they are exposed to daily. It creates serious negative health effects.
Below is a study showing how air pollution causes liver inflammation, fibrosis, blood fat imbalance, and liver protein markers associated with alcoholism, as well as gene dysregulation linked to cancer.
There's no such thing as safe level of PM2.5.
Study results:
Mice exposed to 12-weeks of low levels of traffic PM2.5 pollutants developed liver inflammation, fibrosis, blood fat imbalance, and exhibited liver protein markers associated with alcoholism and gene dysregulation related to cancer.
Background
Air pollution is multifaceted, with small particulate matter PM2.5 that can reach deep into the lungs and cross to circulation being the most notorious “everyday” air pollutant linked to traffic and combustion engines.
Method
The study mimicked the prolonged exposure to everyday “low-level” traffic pollution by collecting the particulate matter PM2.5 from the side of busy roads and introduced the pollutants in a saline solution into the mice noses. Negative controls received a pollutant-free solution.
Conclusion and significance
The study is a stark reminder that there is no safe-level exposure to air pollution, emphasizing the need to treat this as a public health priority. Especially in heavily polluted cities and countries (for example solving air pollution in India would add more average life expectancy than treating all cancers there).
Moreover, the study shows mechanistic evidence of air pollution causing systemic damage beyond the lungs and respiratory system.
To minimize your personal exposure
1. Be aware of PM2.5 levels via IQ Air website or an air quality monitor you have with you
2. Wear an N95 mask when in polluted environments
3. Upgrade your home HVAC system to MERV 13 or higher
4. Activate air recirculation in your car when travelling through busy and polluted roads. Keep in mind that full air recirculation should only be used for a few minutes, as longer use can increase CO2 concentrations, possibly affecting alertness and focus while driving.
5. Check if your car has a partial recirculation mode, these help keep PM2.5 at lower levels while maintaining a low CO2 concentration too.
6. Use in-home HEPA filters if you live in an area of high traffic, or high air pollution due to other reason like e.g. wild fires.
When in India, I did end this podcast early due to the bad air quality. @nikhilkamathcio was a gracious host and we were having a great time. The problem was that the room we were in circulated outside air which made the air purifier I'd brought with me ineffective.
Inside, the AQI was 130 and PM2.5 was 75 µg/m³, which is equal to smoking 3.4 cigarettes for 24 hours of exposure.
This was my third day in India and the air pollution had made my skin break out in rash and my eyes and throat burn.
Air pollution has been so normalized in India that no one even notices anymore despite the science of its negative effects being well known. People would be outside running. Babies and small children exposed from birth. No one wore a mask which can significantly decrease exposure. It was so confusing.
The evidence shows that India would improve the health of its population more by cleaning up air quality than by curing all cancers.
I am unsure why India's leaders do not make air quality a national emergency. I don't know what interests, money and power keep things the way they are but it's really bad for the entire country.
When I returned to the U.S., my eyes were fresh to see what is normalized to me. I saw obesity everywhere. 42.4% of American are obese and because I was around it all the time, I had been mostly oblivious to it.
In many contexts, obesity is worse than air pollution in the long term.
Why wouldn't American leaders declare a national emergency on obesity? What interests, money and power keep things the way they are but are really bad for the entire country.