How many times have you been to the doctor due to a bad cough? How many times have your eyes burnt during your morning run? How many times have you sat down in the airport due to flight delays?
Well, I am sure most of you screamed ‘of Course, yes. A million times over’. The current rising levels of pollution are to be blamed for this, where everything gets hindered, be it sight, breathe or work. In fact, the biggest problem of the environment right now is the rising damage caused by air pollution. Air pollution is highly scalable, not easily visible to the eye and hence, difficult to control.
Compared to land or water pollution, where it is just one lake or one strip of land that needs to be cleaned, air pollution is difficult to get rid of. One single gush of wind and all plans of air purification can go down the drain.
In cases like these, environmentalists and weather specialists talk about how it has become crucial to directly stop emitting particulate matter and harmful gases which not only impact air but also cause global warming and ozone layer depletion.
Moreover, awareness about the surrounding levels … Read the rest