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Children living in heavily polluted cities could be at risk of going permanently blind, a study warns. Researchers recruited 30,000 school children in China and had them undergo a series of vision tests to look for myopia, also known as nearsightedness.   Affecting nearly half of Americans, myopia causes distant objects to appear blurry while closer objects are clear.  While most …

If you’ve been living in Delhi for a year or more, chances are your lungs have already started to feel the impact, even if you’re otherwise healthy. Delhi’s air quality, especiallyduring the winter months, routinely crosses alarmingly high pollution levels. PM2.5, fine particulate matter known to infiltrate deep into the lungs, often climbs beyond 255 μg/m³, occasionally touching 400–500 μg/m³ …