Kolkata: Health experts have warned of morning walks and suggest residents to reschedule their physical activities in the afternoon for better lungs and heart care.
Smog and air quality that is bad in the morning turning into breathable air which is widely enhanced in the afternoon before plunging back into the poorer air with thermal inversion while playing in winter.
Inhaling toxic air has become more at risk after the Covid outbreak, which has taken victims on our health.
The large volume of vehicle goods from outside the city, which is largely not in accordance with any emissions norms, roaming around the city all night and leaving a large number of tail pipe traces before suddenly before dawn.
“During December and January, thanks to thermal inversion, finer particle material (PM2.5) hangs low in the air at night and early morning,” said a PCB scientist.
“So morning pedestrians, who come out to restore health, make themselves exposed to dirty air with a high concentration of finer particles.
When they breathe, small particle material runs directly into blood vessels and lungs to trigger a series of health problems, especially during This Covid period, “said Arup Halder, a senior timber hospital consultant.
Walking and exercising in the winter must begin after 10 and end before 3pm, he added.
The combination of TimesviewThe sub-20 degrees Celsius the temperature in the early hours and the fog has contributed to the pollution surge.
This becomes more dangerous because of the impact of Covid on our respiratory system.
Hopefully, the elimination of heavy polot vehicles and the addition of e-vehicles on the road (as reported by TOI for the past few days) will help.
Sanjukta Dutta, emergency medicine head at Fortis Hospital, felt that some estimates on air quality must be like weather warnings.
“In Delhi, we have seen air quality warnings for the next day.
Why can’t we have the same thing for Kolkata too.
People are now prepared according to weather warnings, the same, people have the right to know the air quality warnings.” While walking fast , an individual breathes in the air more than when he is resting, said Dutta.
“When walking, we breathe about 25 times per minute, which drops to about 15 times when we rest.
So, we finally breathe more air while walking.
It’s better to take a walk on the terrace or inside the house,” he added.
“Using the N95 mask is now mandatory.
Protecting the respiratory system of particulates pollution attacks is a must,” said Debasis Basu, a preventive drug expert.
“Usually, around this time, the land is cool and no or very little heat transfer from the ground.
So, there are complete calm conditions on a lower atmosphere, rejecting the dissolution of particulates in the atmosphere, a WBPCB scientist said.
However, with the sun shining Sunny late morning and evening, pollutants escape to the upper layer atmosphere improve air quality significantly.