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Podcast: News and Views
Episode: Dia Mirza on Climate Change, Pregnancy, & Why Action Is Required of All Parents
Description: Hello, I am Dia Mirza and all through my pregnancy, I smoked. Actually, I didn’t, but it doesn’t really matter, because my unborn child and I are a part of the 90% of the world that breathes polluted air. Breathing in Indian cities has been equated to being a regular smoker.
WHO tells us that air pollution kills about 7 million people worldwide each year. In India alone, there were as many as 980,000 deaths in 2019 because of particulate matter.
But these are numbers. Statistics don’t touch us. Data doesn’t shake us. We hear numbers, but we a...