Smog Log

Air pollution is a major global cause of ill-health and premature deaths. This is especially the case in India and Pakistan. Predictably, the Covid-19 pandemic had few benefits for humans. One, however, was its impact on air pollution (from industrial activities and vehicle exhausts) on the sub-continent. Reductions in polluting activities, resulted in some folk being able to glimpse for the first time, the Himalayas, from their cities. Post-pandemic the smog has returned with a vengence, in what's known as the 'pollution season' (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/01/lahore-delhi-choked-smog-pollution-season-india-pakistan). In Lahore, Delhi and elsewhere, death rates from cancers, as well as respiratory and cardio-vascular diseases will again be on the rise. Climate change isn't the only killing consequence of emissions!