Anti pollution rules on vehicle emissions

Anti pollution rules on vehicle emissions

Increasing respiratory problems especially among children tells the horror story of the environment of the urban city that is turning toxic & poisonous due to emissions of the vehicles. This is compelling the people to breath in the toxic gases reluctantly. The most affected & victim class of this pollution are the children as well the embryo in the womb of the mother who have not completed the tri semester of the pregnancy. 

The situation of poisonous environment is undoubtedly life threatening which is spoiling the adulthood of the children. Before attaining the age of adulthood most of the children start complaining of the coughing, sneezing or wheezing. Even the children get shorts of the breath due to respiratory problems developed on account of the poor functioning of the lungs. In several cases, children may die young.

               The smokestacks of industries & the exhausts of the vehicles is polluting the breathing air which is having the devastating effect on the body & mind of the people. A survey of Delhi reveals that 20000 school children found that one in every eight had asthma. Besides this most of the people have had dangerously high level of lead in their blood from air polluted by motor vehicles. In rural areas the cooking is generally done while using the cow dung & other materials which releases the smokes & make the home itself the death trap for the little children who remains around the hearth. Statistic reveals that the asthma, pneumonia & respiratory infection usually caused by the toxic air. It is amazing & horrifying facts that most of the children do not see their fifth birthday as they succumbed to the illnesses linked to the air pollution. Here I would like to mention that the most affected class are the children who have shorter tracheas than the adult people. So the pollutants emitted by the vehicles or the industries easily invade & start damaging the function of lungs badly. Likewise whenever the children take the sport activities they take more air 20 to 50 percent than the average adult. So they inhale the pollutant available in the atmosphere more than others. Tiny & little children whose noses are very small & works for filtering the air inhaled by them, usually gets blocked & swollen with the pollutants. As a result of which they have to inhale the breath from their mouth. Since the mouth does not work as the filtering of the air inhaled by the persons So the pollutant got through the mouth directly hit the lungs & make the children badly suffers. 

We can imagine the the pollution rising up with the increasing of the vehicles every year. There are almost 20 lacs of cars & jeeps in the country which is going up day by day. Nobody is worried about the problem of environment; neither the govt. is serious for introducing the strict system of check & balances of neither the environment nor the public is aware about the health hazards of this killer atmosphere that is engulfing the especially younger generation.

              Under these circumstances, it is need of the hour that National Govt should come forward to impose & enforce the strict anti pollution rules on industries & vehicles emissions. This depends upon the political will if the Govt. really wants to reduce the acceptable level of sulphur fuels. I hope that the children health will be improved if the certain restrictive measures will go into effect. Govt. should strive hard to establish the standard quality level of air that meets the US environmental protection agency & WHO standards. For maintaining this standard Govt is expected to plan the regular check up of the control pollution equipment of the industries as well as the emissions of the vehicles. Govt. should restrict the number of cars on road by auctioning the rights to own a vehicle.

          

               Drastic measures are needed to be taken in time otherwise life  expectancy would be in peril for which society will have to pay the price to protect the health from environmental dangers.

Codeine Addiction, Abuse & Effects.

                         Codeine Addiction, Abuse & Effects.

   Most of the chemist are supplying the codeine syrups to the addicts without any fear of the Narcotics control bureau and Drug Controller General of India. Statistics of the various states reveal that the use of addictive ingredient is much higher than actual demand of the states which clearly shows that the substance (Codeine phosphate) is going to the addicts. Chemist is free to dispense the cough syrups in bulk quantity without proper prescriptions. In this backdrop, it is essential to start a crackdown against the improper practices going on in this field. Concerning bureaus & department should chalk out strategy to suspend the licenses of the chemist shops across the states for illegally selling the cough syrups to the addicts. Whosoever, whether chemist or the distributor found indulged in the malpractices should no longer be ignored & perpetrators of the crime should be brought to the book.Cough syrups addiction is especially rise among the youth as its easy availability is the preferred source of addiction. Most of the doctors are of the view that this affects the all age group people.

Parents should be vigilant on their school going kids who may take this drug under these circumstances:-

1-Poor performance, dipping grades, absenteeism, ignoring home work, overlooking major exams & sudden change in peer group.

2- Moods swings, irritability, fatigue & loneliness.

3- Secretiveness is a vital sign and those dependent on drugs, tend to work overtime to hide bottles.

Besides this the side effects of this drug are as follows:-

1-   Prolonged use causes breathing problems,.

2-   Swelling of throat, lips & Face.

3-   Anxiety attacks, hallucination, dizziness, high blood pressure, impaired judgement and trembling of hands.

4-Codeine may cause addiction or withdrawal symptoms in a newborn if the mother takes this medicine during pregnancy. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant or plan to become pregnant while using this medicine. Codeine can pass into breast milk and may harm a nursing baby. The use of codeine by some nursing mothers may lead to life-threatening side effects in the baby. Do not use codeine without telling your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

There are particular many girls & housewives among the addicts who use it either for euphoric purposes or to tranquilize their anxiety for longer days. So the girls & housewives are advised not to use it as recreational or anti-depressant because it has serious side effects.

   So be careful, before you gulp down it.

Anti tobacco campaign.

                     Anti tobacco campaign

Despite COTPA,2003 (Cigarette and Other Tobacco Product Act), people are still consuming tobacco product in public . We should come forward to ensure the strict compliance of the COTPA 2003 in order to make the city smoke free. It is the duty of the every citizen to make the people aware about the ill effects of the tobacco & motivate them to discourage the use of tobacco in every walk of life. It is clear that the nicotine present in tobacco products causes blockage of arteries in the brain & heart which causes strokes & other serious ailments in the body. Keeping in view of the health hazards, people should think twice before using it. & inspire the people to quit this bad habit. Rajasthan Govt. has made commendable efforts to control the use of tobacco product right from imposing the ban on Gutkha  to increasing the VAT on tobacco products. Besides this Medical & Health services provided the free medicines & nicotine chewing gum to tobacco consumers to quit the habit of smoking & chewing tobacco. We also appreciate the proposals of the Govt. recently sent to the department of personnel to take an undertaking from the successful candidates before joining government jobs that they would not consume tobacco. For promotion of policy or legislation and advocacy to enhance tobacco control, Govt. has also increased the VAT 65% besides the 18% of excise duty. In spite of Govt efforts for anti tobacco drive it is lamentable to note that  workplaces of Govt witnessing widespread & unrestricted use of tobacco product taking place under the nose of various Heads of the departments, but they seems to be comfortable with this despite the known policy of the Govt regarding eliminating it. All the addicts of tobacco especially working in Govt. jobs keep on using it audaciously for which no disciplinary action is taken by the department. The unbridled use of tobacco in the offices not only makes the office environment loathsome & repellent but also makes it hell to the fellow colleagues who have to work with them. Each basket is found lying under the table with spitted gutkha saliva. Even the wall & corner of the offices are not safe from the gutkha laced sputum which make the office painting town of careless gutkha spitting. The persons working in the offices donot hesitate to leave the half chewed tobacco  leaves even on the table, files & important papers which portray the story of the Gutkha & tobacco users which is a common sight of almost every office. To eliminate the use of gutkha & other tobacco product entirely from the Govt. offices, it is essential that Govt. should put in place certain mandatory norms for the officers as well as the employees to refrain from these addictions failing which reverse entry in the annual appraisal could be made for using the tobacco product in the offices.

   

Declining sex ratio & feticide in various parts of country.

               Declining sex ratio & feticide in various parts of country.

The people who do not want baby girl are indeed bankrupt in their mentality & approach. If we go to the root of the matter we find that conservative section of society think that the baby girl will bring the financial burden to them so they don’t hesitate to resort even the illegal method of feticide & infanticide which is a utter shame & disgrace to them. Trauma of a woman can be judged through their experience & statements which make them sick to give birth of a girl in a society where son is considered everything & daughter is not welcomed. Killing of female foetus is certainly a social crime which has far reaching effect on society resulting in decreasing sex ratio that leads to increase in crimes against woman. Only in Kerla, we take solace that the woman enjoys the high status where the feticide & infanticide is not a problem. Sex ratio in kerla about 1000 boys, 1084 girls are born average. Rest of the states of India the sex ratio is 940. It is very horrifying situation in Haryana where sex ratio has now come to 877, which expose that feticide & infanticide is so rampant in that state. When the law is quite clear against the feticide then why this illegal sex determination is thriving in the various parts of the country with the help of the scanning & ultra sound machine which is available with the greedy doctors who use it to fill their coffers.

Govt should conduct the raid or sting operation where such illegal practices are going on. Under these circumstances it has become necessary to monitor the activities of pre-natal diagnostic centres, genetic clinics, genetic counselling centres, genetic laboratories, ultrasound clinics, and imaging centres to prevent female feticide. Unfortunately the functioning of the above centres is not being properly watched, supervised by the authorities under the PNDT ACT.

            It is wrong notion that such types of practices are only common in uneducated & poor segment of society. On the contrary this evil or malaise is also found in the affluent class where a person like doctor herself had to undergo two times for abortions as her husband who is lawyer too mount pressure on her to give birth a son. This shows that this is a social problem & mindset of the people & she says that it is bitter truth of our society from which even the elite class is not free from it. To curb the sex determination cases State Govt should make the vigilance committee to check the illegal practices just to nab the culprits found guilty of violating the law.

           Public should know that the Govt has earmarked toll free number 104 for the complaint of sex determination test. A registered medical practitioner or any other person involved in this illegal practices  can be punished for 3 years of imprisonment and fined up to 10000/- For subsequent offences the punishment can go up 50000/ or 1 lac & imprisonment up to 5 years. 

Greed of a doctor.

Simple stomach ache prompted the patient to seek the treatment from the doctor but the doctor suggested for the hysterectomy. The greed of doctor reminds the system to be strengthened.

N U KHAN

N U KHAN

Why anger is bad

1-when we get angry, our rational prefrontal lobes shut down and reflexive back areas of the brain take over.

2- A tense body pumps out cholesterol and a group of chemicals called catecholamines, which encourage fatty deposits to pile up in the heart and carotid arteries. Angry people are three times more likely to have a heart attack than those less prone to fury.

3- Stress can increase stomach acids.

4-Anger sure is not pretty. It causes a surge in the stress hormone cortisol, which bumps up oil production and leads to acne and other skin problems.

          During prolonged and frequent eruptions of rage, parts of the nervous system become highly activated, making it difficult to return to a relaxed state and  over time affecting the immune system.

Most affected body organ are:1 Brain2-Heart3-stomach4-Skin5- Nervous system. So we need to be civil and learn to deal with our emotions in constructive ways.