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Re: Why Young Indians Die of Heart Attacks?

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Physfitfreak wrote:
> 
> I've had this question for a few years. I thought somebody who's from
> India can answer that but the only Indian we have in this forum is the
> equivalent of a buffoon to answer such questions.
> 
> Today I took a glimpse at the reason. I read in a telegram channel that
> Dehli's AQI today was 432!... There was a picture of the highways there
> also, in which one could not see more than 20 meteres ahead. Air is
> packed with pollution and smoke.
> 
> I don't go walking when AQI (air quality index) is over 60. I consider
> it overal harmful if I do. In this area in Texas the AQI can get as high
> as 90, and that keeps people who want to walk or run or even go out for
> errands at home. It happens on a few rare days in the Summer.
> 
> But Dehli's people are living inside 432 AQI, home or outside... I think
> the answer to my question should have to do with this fact.
> 
> Tehran is one of the most polluted cities in the world. From the balcony
> of our house in extreme north of Tehran, which was (now there are high
> rise apartment buildings there) on the slopes of Alborz one could see
> way beyond the southern end of Tehran and Rey, easily even the mountains
> just north of Saveh. This was so when I was a kid. Tehran in those years
> had good air all year long.
> 
> Then in my teens Tehran's pollution as a problem was born and when it
> would get very bad we could only see the northern parts of Tehran. The
> middle and southern parts were blocked by smog. This happened on many
> days durimg Summer.
> 
> Right before I came here, Tehran's smog was there year long. There were
> no exception day left. We could only see the northern parts and that was
> it. I thought that was the worst case of pollution that I had ever
> experienced.
> 
> But today's picture from Dehli shows a scene from Hell. I just checked
> to see what a 432 AQI means for health. This is what I got from internet:
> 
>     "301–500 AQI: Hazardous – Health warnings of emergency conditions.
> The entire population is likely to be affected."
> 
> So if you're _living_ under such conditions, and not just experiencing
> it once or twice a year, then this must be why young Indians drop dead
> of heart attack.
> 
> Come to think of it, this might even explain the behavior of the
> resident Indian guy in this forum. I bet it has consequences on one's IQ
> as well.

it's caused by the shaking of their heads when they talk.





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Why Young Indians Die of Heart Attacks? Physfitfreak <physfitfreak@gmail.com> - 2024-11-14 20:30 -0600
  Re: Why Young Indians Die of Heart Attacks? bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertietaylor) - 2024-11-15 13:45 +0000
  Re: Why Young Indians Die of Heart Attacks? bertietaylor@myyahoo.com (Bertietaylor) - 2024-11-15 13:50 +0000
  Re: Why Young Indians Die of Heart Attacks? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2024-11-15 09:02 -0800

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