Due to COVID-19 lockdown measures in India, factories are closed. Prior to the lockdown, plants dumped waste into the river. Now that they are shut, the Yamuna River and other rivers in India are clean again, with fish, turtles, and birds. Let’s hope Indians grow to appreciate the clean water and beauty of the river sufficiently enough to protect it from future damage.
Category: Pollution
COVID-19 Mortality Link to Air Pollution
New research links COVID-19 mortality to air pollution – specifically, small increases in levels of fine particulate matter – explains Professor Francesca Dominici from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
The study is the first to look at the link between long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5)—generated largely from fuel combustion from cars, refineries, and power plants—and the risk of death from COVID-19 in the U.S.
The study concludes that a small increase in long-term exposure to PM2.5 leads to a large increase in the COVID-19 death rate. The results underscore the importance of continuing to enforce air pollution regulations to protect human health both during and after the COVID-19 crisis. The data and code are publicly available.
Air Quality Strategy to Reduce Coronavirus Infection
All-Party Parliamentary Group on Air Pollution (APPG) is an organization in the United Kingdom made up of Members of Parliament (MPs) and their peers who work together to promote measures to tackle poor air quality.
n May 29, 2020, the APPG launched its Air Quality Strategy to Reduce Coronavirus Infection to keep air pollution low and to deliver World Health Organization Air Quality Standards.
