5 Lesser Known But Easy Ways You Can Adopt To Reduce Air Pollution Around You

Mad4Nature By Venus Jasuja | 3 min read

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In the last two decades, the air quality around us has gone from worse to worst. The air around us is toxic and one of the biggest reasons for lungs related illnesses. The lifespan of people inhaling toxic gases in metro cities is reducing every year.

But the most unfortunate part is our and authorities’ ignorance towards this critical problem. Air Pollution is spoiling our health in every way possible & unfortunately, we have accepted it with much ease.

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Whether you are indoors or outdoors, air pollution is everywhere. As per some studies, indoor air pollution is equally or more harmful than outdoor air pollution.

Airborne diseases are on an increase with the Air Quality Index (AQI) decreasing day by day. AQI needs to drop down to a level that the air around us is safe to inhale. Air pollution not only contributes to airborne diseases but overall has an impact on climate change. Greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide make the climate warmer.

Air Pollution & A Fight Against It

Many people are making countable moves to fight it, just like 9-Year-Old Child Activist Licypriya Kangujam Marshals India’s Movement Against Climate Change, but there is a lot that still needs to be done.

People are aware of air pollution and climate change. And we all know of some ways to reduce air pollution like not using air conditioners, carpooling, turning off engines etc. Can there be some easier solutions that aren’t painful and has a positive impact on human beings and nature?

Below are some of the unexplored ways which can help reduce air pollution in a direct or indirect way.

1. Essential Oils

The use of essential oil indoors can help you reduce air pollution. It stops the bad air from entering your home and hence, help clean the air in the environment. If it is used on a large scale in every home, it can surely prevent many air-borne diseases.

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While natural oils shouldn’t supplant your air purifiers, they truly do accompany antimicrobial and antifungal properties that can assist clear the air around you. Research upholds the possibility that they can assist with inhibiting the development of airborne microscopic organisms while lessening microbial tainting at times.

Sweet orange, lemon, grapefruit and ginger oils are antimicrobial and obliterate airborne microorganisms with their elevated degrees of healing properties present. These citrus oils are likewise exceptionally helpful to the liver and lymphatic frameworks. The use of essential oils indoors is one of the best ways to reduce air pollution indoors.

2. Plant Your Own Garden

Make your garden green to combat harmful gases causing air pollution. Contaminated air holds back particles, scents, and unsafe gasses like nitrogen oxides, sulfur dioxide etc. These contaminations choose and stick to the leaves of trees and plants. The leaves retain these contaminations through their stomata (pores) and remove these hurtful substances from the air.

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Trees additionally trap heat and decrease ozone-depleting substances in the air. They also diminish the ground-level ozone level and improve the air around us with nurturing oxygen.

For battling various respiratory difficulties and different diseases brought via air contamination, there can be no more excellent way than establishing a few picked assortments of plants that can scrub the air and improve our current circumstances.

3. Use Chemical-Free Products

Yes, synthetic chemical products increase air pollution. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are discharged as gases from specific solids or fluids. VOCs incorporate various synthetic compounds, some of which might have short-and long haul unfriendly well-being impacts.

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Even the daily shampoo you are using is full of harmful chemicals, your perfume and hairspray when sprayed on your body release numerous gases. Say goodbye to all these products and welcome chemical and cruelty-free products to your home. Your small change can drive a huge impact.

4. Check Your Space for Radon

Radon is an unknown source of air pollution. Radon is an imperceptible, odourless, and tasteless gas that can saturate structures starting from the earliest stage. It’s made when normal radioactive uranium gradually rots in the ground, and it saturates structures through breaks in floors and walls.

Elevated degrees of radon can develop in structures of any sort, size, or area and the main approach to realizing the gamble is to run a radon test or constantly screen the gas utilizing a radon sensor.

Radon in Indian homes is particularly undetected in light of the fact that the majority of people are not aware of radon or its risks.

Additionally, radon gases likewise aggregate in structures for working environments, study halls and other businesses, particularly in the low regions like the cellars. In light of this fact, you can get your spaces tested with radon gas that could pose hazardous stress to humans.

5. Consuming Organic Produce

Consume only organic produce to combat air pollution. Natural cultivating lessens non-environmentally friendly power use by diminishing agrochemical needs.

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If you are adopting good practices and encouraging other people for the same, you are doing your own part to reduce air pollution. Let’s all come together to make our mother earth safer, greener and pollutant free.

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