CHILDREN PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE
More than 40 times the WHO’s recommended acceptable levels of fine particulate matter ( fine particulate matter ) were present in the air on Saturday, making it dangerous PM2.5 pollutants. PM2.5 degrees on Sunday night exceeded that before decreasing significantly.
The municipal environmental protection agency placed new restrictions on four “hot spots” in the city last year.
Tuk-tuks equipped with polluting two-stroke vehicles are banned, because are cafes that picnic without filters.
Starting Monday, half of the team at federal agencies and private companies will work from home.
Children are especially vulnerable because they breathe more quickly and have less developed breathing, which means they take in more heat than adults.
Officials changed class hours to prevent toddlers from traveling when the waste is most severe, and banned outdoor exercise for schoolchildren until January last month.
According to the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute, waste that exceeds amounts that the WHO consider secure shortens the life expectancy of Lahore people by an average of 7.5 times.
Almost 600 million children in South Asia are exposed to high levels of air pollution, and third of youth pneumonia deaths are related to air pollution, according to UNICEF.