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Summary of Environmental Regulations of Asia and Oceania
Published in Daniel T. Rogers, Fundamentals of Environmental Law and Compliance, 2023
The major sources of air pollution in India are from burning of fuelwood and garbage in cook stoves, burning of biomass and dried livestock waste, burning garbage, automobile exhaust and ineffective air pollution control equipment at industrial facilities. According to the United States Department of State (2021a), Delhi the capital city of India, with its estimated population of 19 million residents, earned the distinction of being the most polluted city on Earth, as air quality for Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) reached a level of 1,010 ug/m3. This is especially disturbing when comparing the detected level with the WHO standard for PM2.5 which is 25 ug/m3.
Environmental Regulations and Pollution of the World
Published in Daniel T. Rogers, Environmental Compliance and Sustainability, 2019
The major sources of air pollution in India are from burning of fuelwood and garbage in cook stoves, burning of biomass and dried livestock waste, burning garbage, automobile exhaust, and ineffective air pollution control equipment at industrial facilities. According to the US Department of State (2018a), Delhi, the capital city of India, with its estimated population of 19 million residents, earned the distinction of being the most polluted city on Earth, as air quality for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) reached a level of 1,010 . ug/m3. This is especially disturbing when comparing the detected level with the WHO standard for PM2.5, which is 25 ug/m3.
Air Pollution Regulations of Asia
Published in Daniel T. Rogers, Environmental Compliance Handbook, 2023
The major sources of air pollution in India are the burning of fuel wood and garbage in cookstoves and biomass and dried livestock waste, garbage, automobile exhaust, and ineffective air pollution control equipment at industrial facilities. According to the United States Department of State (2021a), Delhi, the capital city of India, with its estimated population of 19 million, earned the distinction of the most polluted city on Earth as air quality for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) reached a level of 1,010 ug/m3. This is especially disturbing when compared to the WHO standard for PM2.5, which is 25 ug/m3.
Significant effect of COVID-19 induced lockdown on air quality of the Indian Metropolitan City Kolkata using Air Quality Index and Health Air Quality Index
Published in Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal, 2022
Syed Yakub Ali, Pallavi Mukherjee, Sangeeta Sunar, Sarmistha Saha, Priti Saha, Suvanka Dutta, Supriyo Goswami
The mega city Kolkata of West Bengal, India, has witnessed the brutal strike caused by COVID-19. With a surging growth rate of confirmed cases, the city was recognized as the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. By July 31, 2020, 70,188 corona cases were reported, whereas the death toll due to corona infection reached 1581 people as per available records (HFWDWB 2021). WHO report indicates that around 4.6 million people die worldwide each year due to air pollution (Zhang et al. 2020). In India, as per the United Nation report, one out of every eight deaths is associated with air pollution (UN News 2014). The risk of polluted air on human health intensifies immensely in a densely populated country like India. Some of the major causes of air pollution in India are urbanization, industrial developments, population expansion, vehicular traffic, increase in fuel consumption, etc. Mobile sources (Azarmi and Arhami 2017), industrial and other stationary sectors (Halek and Kavousi-Rahim 2014) are mainly responsible for emissions of nitrogen oxides NOx, CO, PM2.5, and PM10. Photochemical reaction of the primary pollutants results in the secondary pollutants such as Ozone and ultrafine aerosols (Azarmi and Arhami 2017).
A Consumer-Based Smart Home with Indoor Air Quality Monitoring System
Published in IETE Journal of Research, 2019
Kailas Patil, Meena Laad, Aakash Kamble, Shivani Laad
A variety of sources add air pollutants in the atmosphere that change the composition of the atmosphere and affect the biotic environment. Air pollution in India is mainly caused from three sources, namely vehicles, industrial, and domestic sources. Due to pollution from vehicles and various small or medium scale industries such as power plants, chemical industries, mining, oil refineries, steel industries, dyeing, aluminium plants, and paint/petrochemical industries, the problem of pollution is prominent in major cities of India. Moreover, according to the World Health Organization's (WHO) estimation, more than 30% of all commercial buildings have significant IAQ problems due to building construction material, a reduction in natural ventilation, or “fresh” air, in the interest of saving energy by re-circulating internal air and minimizing the need to heat, cool, or condition outside air [37].