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Air quality in Delhi today... (Original Post)
brooklynite
Nov 2019
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MontanaMama
(23,337 posts)1. I can't imagine.
Glad I dont have to imagine...sad for those who must endure it.
hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)2. I worked there on a relatively short term more than a decade ago. Even then you were advised
to megadose on anti-oxidants and to have multiple HEPA filters in your residence (all requiring back up generators, of course, given frequent power outages). Winter pollution with so many burning wood, coal or cow dung, along with all the automotive pollution made it nearly unbearable.
This is why I think the world can never forgive us for abandoning the Paris Climate Accord and our leadership role in climate change. Few countries in the world could benefit more from solar power and other non-emission sources of energy.
China and India together make up 36% of the world's population, yet the pollution they are facing is cataclysmic.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)4. I understand it often spikes around Diwali
Since the Diwali festivities of fireworks and illuminations adds to the underlying particulate load.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)3. My shortest travel poem....
Delhi smelly.