HOW SMOKING. On Monday, November 7, PM2.5, the thin enough particulate air pollution to penetrate deep into the respiratory tract and accumulate in the brain, concentrations reached in some points equal to 700-1,000 micrograms per cubic meter: 16 times the levels allowed by Indian laws, and more than 90 standards considered safe by WHO. The damage of constant exposure at these levels of smog are comparable to those caused by smoking two packs of cigarettes per day.
MEASURES. Saturday, November 5, the sixth consecutive day with these concentrations, the city authorities have ordered the closure of 1,800 schools and the detention for five days of each construction and demolition site.
ZERO VISIBILITY. With 25 million people and 8.8 million vehicles on the road every day, yet many factories coal and the rudimentary methods of heating used in the suburbs, New Delhi has long been one of the world poles of air pollution. But in recent days the hood has become so dense that reduce visibility to 200 meters, causing among other things, a significant increase of accidents on the road.
FIRE IN THE FIELDS. The origin of the problem there would be smoke of bonfires hanged by the peasants of the states of Punjab and Haryana, were agricultural west and northwest of Delhi: farmers burn the remains of harvesting rice and wheat, to prepare all fields 'next year. But the winds carried the ash to the already heavily polluted metropolis.
ZAMPINO OF THE BARRELS. It was then just completed the religious holiday of Diwali, which provides every year the launch of hundreds of thousands of barrels and fireworks. Generally the pollution consequences of these factors last two or three days: this time they have exceeded the week. And while the authorities invite to stay at home, hospitals have reported a spike in hospitalizations for respiratory problems, in a country where deaths related to these pathologies are already many: 159 per 100,000 deaths in 2012.
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