“Love is in the air but the air is highly polluted.”Amit Abraham In order to prevent further spread of the coronavirus, we were constantly told by the authorities to stay at home as much as possible during this exceptional period. And because of this, I think this quote of today is rather apt as most …
Continue reading There’s No Place Like Home – More on Indoor Air Pollution
"Live in the sunshine, swim in the sea, drink the wild air’s salubrity."Ralph Waldo Emerson How many times have you imagined how life could be like without the bane of Covid-19’s existence? At this point, I bet you are thinking about all your cancelled overseas plans, or even the freedom be out and about – …
Continue reading The Great Outdoors? – More on Outdoor Air Pollution
"Air pollution is the contamination of the indoor or outdoor environment by any chemical, physical or biological agent that modifies the natural characteristics of the atmosphere."World Health Organization (n.d.) A healthy person takes in about 16 breaths per minute (Pereira et al., 2017), 960 breaths per hour, 23,040 breaths a day, and 8,409,600 a year. An …
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