Air Pollution India

iNDIA

population if india

1.4bn

sources of air polution

fossil fuels, vehicles, industry, constuction dust, brick kilns

rural experience pollution from

cookstoves, indoor pollution

urban india pollution from

more vehicles, industry led

pm 2.2 partiucluates are

carcinogens, solid dust like particles

pm 2.5 pnetrates into lungs and

someitmes bloodstreame

effects of pm2.5

reduced lung fucntion, heart attacks cardicac arrhythmias

those most at risk of lung cancer are

those with heart or lung disease

also at risk are

children and old adults

in india air pollution has decreased life expectacny of

660 million by 3 or more years

99% of population breat air

that is above safe air levels

delhi has a what % greater risk of lung cancer

70%

what proprtion of the pulation have reduced lung fucntion

1/3rd

what % of lung cancer patients in delhi are non smokers

20%

on average by what % are lung fucntions decreased by in delhi and rurally,

40% delhi, 20% rurally

national scale solution involved

encouragin cleaner technology

how to imrpvoe brick kilns

zig zag tech

how many kilsn haev changed

450/6,500

restirctions on buing stubble folowing harvest but

tough to enforce

Delhi coal plant has been

closed

development of

tranit metro systems in 14 indina cities

WHO Tackle lung cancer on a

global scale

Who developed

annaul world cancer day

indina pllution levles have decreased to

10-40ug/m3 of pm2.5 , still above HO levels

Eu set own target to reduce emissions

20%

in 2012

37 countries and EU greed to cut GHG by 18%

As india is a national, emergent country

not motivated or willing to cut emmisions by 2020o

bstacles

corrution/focus on develoment

indi is also an edc so dont have tech

to fully reduce emmisions

urban population density still very high, % of air pollution form vehicles

27