Time to think about the Indoor Air Quality for your Baby?
The amount of air pollution per unit of body weight that children inhale is larger than what an adult inhales. A Child’s narrow bronchioles are more likely to be erected in response to environmental irritants more so than the bronchioles of grownups. As children grow, their organ systems are under development and their regular growth may be affected when exposed to polluted air. When you study the health effects of a particular hazard, children are often measured as if they were small adults, however, children represent the largest sub-population vulnerable to the adverse health effects of air pollution. For example, during the first few months after coming to this world, an infant’s metabolic pathways are at development stage and due to the biochemical immaturity, a new born baby cannot detoxify and excrete toxins as well as adults. It is difficult for an infant to adjust their body temperature, in fact, it’s only after around 18 months - 2 years that these babies really learn how to ...