“WORLD’S THIRD LARGEST ECONOMY NEEDS CLEANER AIR”
Introduction
India being the world’s third largest
economy has been among the fastest growing economies in the last two decades. The
development is at crossroads. For a developing economy like India, the developmental
path has always been erratic. One of the greatest challenges has been to reduce
air pollution that has also led to sufficient legal interventions in mandating
strong clean air measures. The concept of human rights came into picture right
after independence but the concept of clean environment has never been a
priority. However, if we talk about today’s evolving human arena, this concept
is emerging as a hot debatable topic.
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Too many people, too few resources:
While the resources are getting depleted, the number of people using
these resources is increasing rapidly. But the number getting increased is not
the real problem. The problem is how these resources are getting distributed
and used.
Air
pollution and the economy
The health, environmental, and economic impacts
of air pollution are significant. Each day, air pollution causes thousands of
illnesses like cardio vascular diseases and metastasis sickness leading to lost
days at work. Air pollutants that are inhaled have serious impact on human health affecting the lungs and the
respiratory system. They are also taken up by the blood and pumped all round
the body. Far beyond the runny nose or persistent cough, breathing in the toxins,
ozone, and particulates of polluted air can damage your body's immune system.
This leaves the door open for rashes and skin infections, eye diseases,
illnesses (such as asthma, bronchitis, and pneumonia), brain and nerve damage,
as well as several different types of cancers.
Need of the hour:
With the growth of civilized society,
men have become more and more materialistic and have lost the sight to protect
his environment. It is quite clear that the air we breathe in affects our
health directly.
Economic development without environmental considerations can
cause serious environmental damage affecting the quality of life of the
population, both present and future. The reason that India is struggling with
air pollution is because the sources are numerous and closely linked to
economic activity. To become sustainable, we need to meet the daily needs of
the people without compromising with the needs of the future generations.
Although a lot of acts and regulations have been passed out in this regard but
nothing fruitful has come up. A cleaner air to breathe in is the foremost
necessity and requirement for the health and safety of mankind. The challenge here lies in utilizing
resources in an optimum way so that cleaner air could be affordable to everyone
at low cost since a lot couldn’t be spent on medical treatments.
Bottom line:
There is a growing need to develop
air purification systems which need to make sure that the economic value could be
considered while having a cleaner environment. With a vision to grow a business
whilst reducing the environmental impact of the operations and increasing
positive social impact, Magneto Environmental Grouppe has been working since
1980. The objective is to improve human
lifestyle and comfort by offering innovative products and reliable services
with a wide range of Air Purifiers to make the environment around us safer, greener and cost efficient while reaping health benefits.
