Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Pollution causes cardiac arrest

With the increase in the number of factories the pollution also seems to increase. No one is interested to know  what amount of damage it is causing to the nature. Has one ever thought why are there so much increase in the rate of sick persons? With the passage of time one gets to hear about new diseases. 

 Recently a study conducted by The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) showed that most of the people who suffer from cardiovascular disease, air pollution is one of the major cause.  Asthma is also caused by air pollution. People are not interested to know this stuff unless they are affected by it. Dr. Silverman and his fellow researchers reported that for a 10ug/m3 rise in small particle air pollution, there was a four-to-10 per cent increase in the number of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. The current EPA standard is 35ug/m3. The effect was much greater in the summer months.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/life-style/health-fitness/health/Pollution-raises-risk-of-cardiac-arrest/articleshow/6598890.cms#ixzz10AUyfyfb 


When one has to keep his or her opinion about pollution they say many things but when asked why do not they take some initiative to reduce it, the answer is fixed. If the government is not doing anything what can. If one does his own bit than automatically a change will be seen.
The ultimate question remains as to who will be the first to take the initiative?

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