By: Gardiner Harris
Very recently, Beijing has been having problems with the air. People are having urgent health issues because of this and the air is so polluted. (Harris). All of this madness has resulted in four major highways being closed for people's safety. Because people are having trouble breathing, people are determined to get face masks and purchasing air filters to help. Many studies have been done and it they have most recently have said that Beijing's air is the most polluted out of every city in the world. But, with these new studies, it has been discovered that New Delhi's air is even more dangerous and polluted. "Lately a very bad air day in Beijing is about an average one in New Delhi." (Harris 1). When Beijing were having these big issues in the beginning of January, "The United States Embassy in Beijing sent out warning, when a measure of harmful fine particulate matter known as PM 2.5 went above 500, in the upper reaches of the measurement scale, for the first time this year. This refers to particulate matter less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, which is believed to pose the greatest health risk because it penetrates deeply into lungs." (Harris 1).
When looking at the graph below, you can see that New Delhi's average daily peak is twice as high, when compared to Beijing's. (Harris). New Delhi's number was 473, while Beijing's was only 227. That is a significant difference. In addition, new studies have shown that Indians have the weakest lungs. Furthermore, India has the highest death rates and these people are really paying for it because of the pollution in the air. After interviewing people in India, they have said that they are treated for asthma twice a day, but when they had moved out of India, their breathing has gotten progressively better. (Harris).
MICROGRAMS PER CUBIC METER
800
New Delhi
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
Beijing
0
Jan. 1
7
14
21
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