AIR POLLUTION: A CASE STUDY OF ASTHMA CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN THE URBAN ZONES

Iyyanki V. Murali Krishna; Prisilla; Aruna  M

doi:10.53555/eijmhs.v4i4.55

Authors

Iyyanki V. Murali Krishna Former Professor and Director R&D JNTUH, Hyderabad, India.
Prisilla Research Scholar, Secunderabad, India
Aruna M Associate Professor, IBS, the ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53555/eijmhs.v4i4.55

Keywords:

Air pollution, diseases, nitrogen dioxide, vehicles

Abstract

The traffic pollution causes the risk of inhaling fresh air to be increased when the homes are exposed to the roadways or industries. The transportation vehicles emit CO, NO₂, SO₂ and PM2.5 which are closely related for the key cause of asthma or other chronic respiratory diseases in children and adults. The ultimate rise of nitrogen dioxide above 35 µg/m3 in the areas of Tarnaka, Abids, Nacharam and Zoo Park in Andhra Pradesh and peak rise of above 80 µg/m3 in nitrogen dioxide in the areas such as Pritampura, Townhall and Mayapuri industrial areas in the Delhi in the year 2012 showed more children and adults suffer from asthma, chronic illness. The Karnataka state showed the results of NO₂with 31µg/m3 in four places whereas in Uttar Pradesh, the highest reading of NO₂ is found to be 34µg/m3 in Renusagar colony and DIC Nunhai in the year 2012.

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