How this Air Pollution is going to affect our Child Health in Long Run? Almost every year, during the winter season, we all are breathing the deadly air, which is slowly killing us from inside. There are various reasons behind this like Crop burning, emissions from factories, and industrial plants, pollution from different kinds of vehicles, crackers burning, and many more.

Our Government is taking some steps to lower the condition, but unfortunately, people in India are too stubborn. The government needs to take some extremely strict action against the people and the situation behind this. Otherwise, our children have to suffer a lot in terms of Bad Health and Growth.

Long-Term Effects of Inhaling Air Pollution on Kid’s Health

• Lung Damage,
• Aggravated Respiratory Disease like Asthma,
• Coughing & Wheezing,
• Sneezing, 
• Out of breath,
• Chest constriction,
• Allergies 

5 Ways to protect Toddlers and Kids from Air Pollution 

 1# N95 or N99 Rated Masks

To protect the kids from this polluted environment, it’s compulsory for kids to wear masks when they are outside. Due, to the COVID Condition, kids have learned how to wear the mask for a longer period of time.

We would advise you to use only N95 or N99 mask for yourself and kids, and avoid using any cloth or Surgical Mask. Only N95 or N99 is effective to save your kids from the polluted world.

2# Involve your child in Indoor Games

Talk to your kid’s friend’s mother and try to arrange indoor playtime for kids. If the kids will get the time to play and spend with their friends every evening, it does not matter whether they are playing outside or inside them. This is the best way to keep your kids safe from this air pollution. 

3# Deep Clean Your House 

It’s important to keep your house clean on regular basis. your house air is also polluted, which many people are not aware of. You have many loose points in your house, like doors, windows, cooking, etc, which allow the bad air to gather inside the house. Try to deep clean your once a week, clean every corner of the house to flight from this situation.

4# Buy a Good Brand Air Purifier

Buying an air purifier for the home is debatable between many parents. Some people think that using a home air purifier will decrease immunity in kids to fight against outside pollution. And, their child will get sick more often. If the condition of the air is the same inside and outside then the child’s body will develop its own immunity against it. 

On other hand, some parents argued that by using home air purifiers at least they are saving their kids at least for 8 hours. and, providing them clean air to breathe.

We would suggest you go for Home Air Purifier, as their HEPA technology filters help in removing 99.7 percent of the airborne particulate matter (PM).

5 # Place Lots of Air-Purifying Plants

In many houses, people are decorating their living and dining room with indoor plants, which is really a good idea. We would recommend you to replace your indoor plants with Air-Purifying Plants, especially during the winter season. Some of the air-purifying plants are Philodendron, Dwarf Date Palm, Peace Lily, Chrysanthemums, Rubber plants, Boston Fern, etc.