That air pollution kills is an established fact by now. Dr. Christopher Sola Olopade, Professor of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Chicago, U.S. — who has done extensive research on the threat from indoor air pollution in Nigeria — says that overall exposure to household air pollution accounts for about four million premature deaths every year globally; of these, a million occur in India.

Dr. Olopade was in Delhi to speak on the threat of indoor air pollution. He reflected upon how things could be made better in rural India, where the medium of cooking is often biomass/kerosene. These media expose women and children to unwanted smoke and health hazards.Read more

Source web page: The Hindu