Not protecting yourself from poluution can also decrease your immunity. This is definitely not good as you might be more prone to corona virus if your immunity is

This week in the Breathe series, Kiran Manral writes on how air pollution may lead to low birth weight and developmental delay among children.

Over the past few years, many folks have decided to move out of the cities to smaller towns and places where they can breathe a purer air. This reverse migration, from city to small town or rural, triggered purely by pollution and health issues, or pollution migration as some call it, is a decision that is not taken easily.

While the link between pollution and physical health has been well studied and documented, we are only just waking up to the fact that pollution can also have a detrimental impact on mental health.

We do know how pollution can impact the health of a baby or a young child negatively. What should also worry us is how some research shows a possible correlation on how pollution can have a long term impact on a child’s developing brain. There is apparently some correlation from being exposed to high levels […]

When you think of pollution and its effects on children, the most common thought that comes to mind is respiratory issues—cold, cough, wheezing, asthma and more on those lines. An often not considered manifestation of pollution is that of the skin. Skin breaking out into Atopic Dermatitis as a response to pollution is not uncommon, […]

Pollution is a global crisis but nowhere has it been felt more acutely than in India. The worst sufferers of this pollution are the children who from the womb itself are being exposed to toxins and toxicity that lead to a lifetime of ailments, and a shortened lifespan. In this new series, we examine how […]

So, my son just started going to the BIG school, and it was cause for big celebrations in the family with calls coming in from friends and family, telling me how the little one’s life is on track for the next 13 years or so. But, is it really? The prospect of having him in […]

In November last year, the Delhi Government had declared a public health emergency as the air pollution hugely escalated and almost choked the city. Clearly, the situation has only worsened. Pollution, across the country, is is now plunging to alarming levels. Air pollution is known to be the root cause of various health problems. While air […]