New Delhi-SANA
Indian doctors have confirmed that the declining air quality in the Indian capital, New Delhi, has led to an increase in the incidence of chronic chest diseases among children.
Reuters quoted Arvind Puntra, head of the Department of Pediatrics at Max Super Specialty Hospital of India, as saying that the number of children who contracted respiratory diseases has tripled during the past ten days, indicating that this is directly related to the high levels of pollution in New Delhi and surrounding cities.
Puntra added that there is a study that shows that the cognitive functions of the brain in children are also damaged by these minute particles, and that prolonged exposure to pollutants, including lead, can cause more serious complications.
Pollution reached dangerous levels in New Delhi and other parts of northern India this month, and the Indian capital has suffered in recent weeks from levels of pollution 20 times higher than levels considered healthy by the World Health Organization.
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