Which are the most important grassroots factors that could help us to keep our air clean?
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Recent international and local studies state that Indian cities are facing an increasing air pollution crisis; with toxic air exposure levels being anywhere 4 to 12 times the safe limit
programme with allocated funding to research techniques for monitoring and controlling air pollution, as well as to enforce interstate air pollution regulations pertaining to vehicles and industry. We need to move away from“ Risk based regulation” to“ Statistical probability” to address the issue. India’ s primary regulatory approach licences specified industrial activities to pollute within specified standards. Regulation is therefore not pitched at the level of ambient air quality but kicks in when an individual polluter violates the terms of his licence.
This situation has improved to some extent due to programmes such as the National Air Quality Monitoring Programme initiated by the Central Pollution Control Board. However, the measurement of air pollution remains riddled with problems regarding reliability of instruments, the appropriateness of technology, the regularity and quality of measurements and so on. There is also a paucity of scientific studies that link pollution with morbidities specific to Indian conditions.
Which are the most important grassroots factors that could help us to keep our air clean?
Air pollution is something you probably think about on a regular basis but most people tend to ignore considering the impact usually is identified in long term. On an average, we generally eat 1 kg of food per day, 2 kg of water but you would be amazed to realise the air intake comes out to be 15 kg per day. While we care a lot about what we eat or drink, seldom do we really care about the quality of air we breathe.
72 BioVoiceNews | August 2017