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Delhi Air Quality Crisis Explained: What Should You Stop Today?

An Expert Interview on AQI & Lung Health with Arvind Kumar | SipSci Lab

Delhi’s air pollution crisis is no longer seasonal—it is structural.

But panic, half-truths, and social media fear often make the situation worse.

In this special expert interview by SipSci Lab, India’s leading lung specialist and chest surgeon Dr. Arvind Kumaranswers the most urgent questions people living in polluted cities are asking—with science, not alarm.

This conversation is designed to help you make clear, evidence-based daily decisions about your health and your family’s safety.


What This Expert Interview Covers

With clinical clarity and public-health perspective, Dr. Kumar explains:

  • At what AQI levels outdoor walking or running becomes unsafeAnd when it is still acceptable—with precautions.
  • N95 vs surgical vs cloth masksWhat actually works, what doesn’t, and how masks are often misused.
  • How to protect your home without expensive air purifiersPractical steps for middle-class households and rented homes.
  • Special precautions for children, the elderly, and people with asthma or COPDWhy these groups need different thresholds and routines.
  • Can damaged lungs heal—at least partially—if habits change now?What medicine says about recovery, reversibility, and limits.
  • Who is responsible—citizens, systems, and governments?And why individual action alone is not enough.

The interview reframes air pollution not as a distant policy issue, but as a daily health decision problem.


Why This Interview Matters

If you live in Delhi-NCR or any city struggling with air pollution, this conversation can directly influence:

  • Whether you go for a morning walk
  • Whether children should play outdoors
  • When to open or close windows
  • Whether and how to use masks
  • How seriously to take AQI numbers

Instead of fear-based reactions, the interview equips viewers with thresholds, logic, and context.


Science, Not Panic

A key message of this discussion is balance:

  • Overreaction creates anxiety
  • Underreaction causes silent lung damage

Dr. Kumar explains how to stay alert without becoming afraid, and how informed behaviour can significantly reduce long-term harm—even in polluted environments.


About the Production

This expert interview is produced by SipSci Lab, a platform committed to responsible, evidence-based conversations on science, health, and public policy.

SipSci Lab is powered by Wow Work Wins LLP, a knowledge-driven media company focused on translating complex science into everyday understanding.


A Message for Viewers

If this interview helps you make better daily choices, don’t keep it to yourself.

Share it with your family, housing society, school groups, and colleagues—so that conversations around air pollution are driven by evidence, not emotion.

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