Pollution: How Delhi killing itself

Delhi, capital city of India has earned the unbelievable distinction of getting the spot in 10 most polluted city in the world. Air quality has reached epically in bad proportions and we are waking up in a blanket of smog with air quality touching hazardous levels. The air quality index was very severe with high particulate matter at a 2.5 level at many places. Air pollution poses a major health risk and can cause stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and chronic and acute respiratory diseases.

Smog that is most often seen in Delhi now usually comes from vehicular emissions from internal combustion engines and industrial fumes that react in the atmosphere with sunlight to form secondary pollutants that combines with primary emissions to form photochemical smog. Let us see what can be harmful causes of smog and what precautions can be taken to protect yourself from Smog.