Changing Desh

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17/04/2023

https://www.sei.org/featured/air-pollution-solutions-asia/ #:~:text=These%20include%20reducing%20burning%20agricultural,controls%20on%20international%20shipping%3B%20widespread outlines a plan for countering air pollution in Asia.

Fewer than 8% of people living in Asia breathe clean air. A new report co-authored by SEI researchers proposes 25 solutions to this health crisis.

17/04/2023

A lot of people do not believe that air pollution is a significant problem and I think this is the major reason for this issue has risen to such a drastic level.

Check out my article to get a brief understanding

“We are in heaven over here. You want paradise, come to Bangladesh”, these were the words of Muhammad Ali as he flew off the country I was…

17/04/2023

Air pollution is a big problem but there is a solution to every problem. If we try, we can solve this.

https://www.pca.state.mn.us/news-and-stories/what-you-can-do-about-air-pollution highlights the way we can do this.

17/04/2023

Life expectancy minus 7 years.

DHAKA — Air pollution in Bangladesh is the worst in the world, contributing to a reduction of nearly seven years in the average life expectancy, according to a new study. In the most polluted areas of the country, life expectancy is reduced by 8.1 years, according to the Air Quality Life Index (AQ...

17/04/2023

5 million people become victims of air pollution every year.

Research suggests the number of deaths will continue to rise

17/04/2023

Restoration will not be possible if the environment keeps being neglected like this.
https://www.theindependentbd.com/post/229385 The article highlights the main causes for this.

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Children can't play outside due to the air. The air is so polluted that it becomes hard for them to breathe. What city is this where children can't do what they love to?

https://www.tbsnews.net/environment/children-worst-sufferers-air-pollution-dhaka

17/04/2023

Preterm delivery and low birth weight are associated with an increased risk of air pollution. Preterm delivery and low birth weight are the two main causes of the estimated 1.8 million deaths that occur in the first month after birth.

Watch this to get an understanding of the whole picture https://youtu.be/wNyOd_BZRAE

17/04/2023

Who or what causes pollution?
The main groups causing air pollution are:
>Mobile sources, including vehicles like buses, trucks, aircraft, and trains
>static sources such as factories, industrial complexes, and power plants
>local authorities, including cities, towns, and wood-burning stoves
> Natural causes, including volcanoes, wildfires, and wind-borne dust

Read this to know more:

Typically, when people think of sources of air pollution, they think about buildings with big smokestacks like power plants and factories. Only about a quarter of the air pollution in Minnesota comes from smokestack facilities. The rest comes from a wide variety of everyday, neighborhood sources.