NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -True or False: Indoor air pollution is not really a concern in India. False.

Detailed explanation-2: -The quality of indoor air inside offices, schools, and other workplaces is important not only for workers’ comfort but also for their health. Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) has been tied to symptoms like headaches, fatigue, trouble concentrating, and irritation of the eyes, nose, throat and lungs.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indoor air pollution is dust, dirt, or gases in the air inside buildings such as your home or workplace that could be harmful to breathe in. Poor indoor air quality has been linked to lung diseases like asthma, COPD and lung cancer. It has also been linked to increased risk of heart disease and stroke.

Detailed explanation-4: -The indoor pollutants are more densely concentrated than outside. Simply because there are limited space and air in your home than the outside. And that is why the pollutants are more closely packed. And with each breath, you are inhaling a larger volume of pollutants than you do outside your home.

Detailed explanation-5: -Stillbirth, lung cancer, leukemia are health issues which are directly attributed from inhaling indoor polluted air. There have been studies which are proof that the effect of wood smoke also causes cardiovascular health issues.