Air Quality Scenario of the World’s Most Polluted City Kanpur: A Case Study

Khan, Sarah; Hassan, Quamrul

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-2545-2_57

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“…SM 1A–G), atmospheric levels of many of these pollutants remain higher than the recommended limits throughout the year in India (WHO 2018 ). This is likely a major reason that 21 of the top 30 cities of the world in terms of poor air quality are located in India (Khan, and Hassan 2020 ).…”

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“…In this study, India was selected because of its large population (the second largest population in the world), fast-growing economy, and poor environmental quality (fifth most-polluted country) (U.S. Census Bureau 2020 ; World Bank Report 2020 ). Twenty-one Indian cities are ranked among the first thirty most-polluted cities, in the world based on poor air quality (Khan and Hassan 2020 ; CNN 2020 ). Therefore, regular exposure to different atmospheric pollutants could put a part of the Indian population under severe threat during the COVID-19 pandemic.…”

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Exposure to Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) from Vehicular Emission Could Increase the COVID-19 Pandemic Fatality in India: A Perspective

Chakraborty

Jayachandran

Padalkar

et al. 2020

Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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The corona virus-2019 (COVID-19) is ravaging the whole world. Scientists have been trying to acquire more knowledge on different aspects of COVID-19. This study attempts to determine the effects of COVID-19, on a large population, which has already been persistently exposed to various atmospheric pollutants in different parts of India. Atmospheric pollutants and COVID-19 data, obtained from online resources, were used in this study. This study has shown strong positive correlation between the concentration of atmospheric nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) and both the absolute number of COVID-19 deaths (r = 0.79, p < 0.05) and case fatality rate (r = 0.74, p < 0.05) in India. Statistical analysis of the amount of annual fossil fuels consumption in transportation, and the annual average concentration of the atmospheric PM 2.5 , PM 10 , NO 2 , in the different states of India, suggest that one of the main sources of atmospheric NO 2 is from fossil fuels combustion in transportation. It is suggested that homeless, poverty-stricken Indians, hawkers, roadside vendors, and many others who are regularly exposed to vehicular exhaust, may be at a higher risk in the COVID-19 pandemic. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1007/s00128-020-02937-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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