A healthy person has no problem with his/her lungs. But being exposed to air pollution over a long period of time can cause lung conditions, including asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). If you are exposed to high levels of pollution when you are pregnant, whether you have asthma yourself or not, your baby could be more likely to develop asthma. Air pollution is raising the risk of lung cancer in non-smokers.  As an expert in this field, Dr. Aravind Kumar says that the poor air quality index affects not only smokers but non-smokers too. Owing to high levels … Continue reading Mumbai’s Air Pollution: A Ticking Time Bomb for Public Health