A government official recommended eating carrots. Carrots may be good but they're not going to help in this case.
I am a writer, journalist, professor, systems modeler, computational and digital health expert, avocado-eater, and entrepreneur, not always in that order.Security personnel wear masks as they stand guard during a hazy morning, on November 3, 2019 in NewDelhi, India. The air quality index hit 473 at 9 am, according to Central Pollution Control Board data. The air quality at most monitoring stations was in the severe category.
"Unhealthy" AQI is 151 to 200. Potential adverse health effects for everyone and serious ones for those more sensitive."Hazardous" AQI greater than 300. Emergency conditions. Dr. Harsh Vardhan, the Government of India's Union Minister for Health & Family Welfare, Science & Technology, Earth Sciences had some advice to combat the pollution but not everyone was buying this Harsh advice:
Neither is starting your day with music as recommended by Prakash Javadekar, the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change:
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