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Health Check: How the smog in Delhi is harming people’s health

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Children in India wearing face masks

2019/11/06 GMT

How the smog in Delhi is harming people’s health

BBC World Service - Health Check, How the smog in Delhi is harming people’s health

Hospital admissions up in Delhi because of seasonal smog

What effect is the smog over the city of Delhi having on people’s health?; what makes some teens more popular than others; the pain caused by not being able to burp

Air quality in Delhi has been downgraded from severe to very poor – thanks to strong winds which are blowing away some of the city’s smog. Despite this good news hospital admissions are up for people with respiratory problems. The government has handed out 5 million face masks to schoolchildren and car use has been restricted but doctors fear there will be long-term health consequences after exposure to such severe pollution. 

Teenagers can be mean to each other in order to gain popularity – or they might instead turn on the charm. Psychologists in the United States and Canada wanted to know whether it’s the nice teenagers – boys as well as girls – who others like best. They discovered that a mix of strategies might be the most effective way of becoming popular. 

A Health Check listener tweeted about how she can’t burp – and whether we could find out if there’s anything that can be done to help her and others who suffer discomfort as a result.

(Photo: Children in India wearing face masks. Credit: Sakib Ali/Hindustan Times)

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