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Breathing in Delhi air equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day

New Delhi (CNN)It was early on Tuesday morning when residents in the Indian capital of Delhi first began to notice the thick white haze that had descended across the city.
Initially viewed as a mild irritant, by mid-week its debilitating effects were evident to all, as the city struggled to adapt to the new eerie, martian-like conditions brought about by the pollution.
With visibility severely reduced, trains have been canceled, planes delayed and cars have piled into each other, with multiple traffic accidents reported across the city.
The sense that this is now a city under siege has been enhanced by the unusually far-reaching actions of the Delhi government.

The Delhi government has suspended all civic construction projects as part of several emergency measures intended to help tackle the pollution crisis.
On Tuesday afternoon, city chiefs closed all public and private schools, requesting instead that the city's tens of thousands of school-aged children remain indoors; on Wednesday, they banned incoming trucks and halted civil construction projects; while on Thursday, they announced new plans to begin implementing a partial ban on private car use as of next week.
But as the city woke up Friday to a fourth straight day of heavy pollution, practical considerations were being overtaken by more serious concerns, with journalists and doctors warning residents of the long-term health implications.
Air quality readings in the Indian capital have reached frightening levels in recent days, at one point topping the 1,000 mark on the US embassy air quality index. The World Health Organization considers anything above 25 to be unsafe.
That measure is based on the concentration of fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, per cubic meter. The microscopic particles, which are smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, are considered particularly harmful because they are small enough to lodge deep into the lungs and pass into other organs, causing serious health risks.
Many Delhi commuters have taken to wearing protective masks.
Across the capital, doctors reported a surge in patients complaining of chest pain, breathlessness and burning eyes.
"The number of patients have increased obviously," said Deepak Rosha, a pulmonologist at Apollo Hospital, one of the largest private hospitals in Delhi. "I don't think it's ever been so bad in Delhi. I'm very angry that we've had to come to this."
Breathing in air with a PM2.5 content of between 950 to 1,000 is considered roughly equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day, according to the independent Berkeley Earth science research group.

Many Delhi commuters have taken to wearing protective masks.
Across the capital, doctors reported a surge in patients complaining of chest pain, breathlessness and burning eyes.
"The number of patients have increased obviously," said Deepak Rosha, a pulmonologist at Apollo Hospital, one of the largest private hospitals in Delhi. "I don't think it's ever been so bad in Delhi. I'm very angry that we've had to come to this."
Breathing in air with a PM2.5 content of between 950 to 1,000 is considered roughly equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day, according to the independent Berkeley Earth science research group.
A report by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur carried out in 2014 found that vehicle omissions accounted for 20% of Delhi's annual PM2.5 levels.

According to experts ,Delhi pollution is made of a combination of vehicle exhaust ,smoke 

from garbage fires and crop burning ,and road dust.

Writing on twitter ,Arvind Kejriwa, ,Delhi's chief minister ,described the city as a gas

chamber.

Unsurprisingly ,stores selling masks and air purifiers have reported a jump in sales ,as 

many of the city;s wealthier residents look to mitigate the smog's more harmful effects .

But outside on the city streets ,the majority of people -unable to affored expensive 

preventive measures -are forced to endure the conditions as best they can.

Many of Delhi's residents are either unaware of the dangers of breathing in polluted air 

or are unable to afford masks and other protective measures.



Those who do cover their face are not wearing N95 grade masks the standard for filtering out 
PM 2.5 particles.

Reference:

(1)http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/10/health/delhi-pollution-equivalent-cigarettes-a-day/index.h(2)

Breathing in Delhi air equivalent to smoking 44 cigarettes a day







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