Indoor and air pollution
indoor and air pollution
. Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions that foller INDOOR AIR POLLUTION 1. If you feel a burning sensation in the eyes and are drowsy, fagged-out or too ti work in office, blame indoor pollution! For, gone are the days when an air-conditio office was considered a safe haven from all kinds of pollution. 2. It has now been established that offices, specially the ones centrally air condition have poor ventilation and as a result possess a very high level of air-pollution many a time the pollution was even more acute than what it was outdoors. 3. In a recent study conducted by the Tata Energy Research Institute in a number buildings in Nehru Place and ITO area, the level of carbon dioxide inside the was found to be higher than the level outside. 4. And this, TERI report said, led to a general feeling of fatigue and poor concentra in the employees, specially those who had to spend long hours in office. The sald indoor air pollution could be just as toxic as the quality of air outside. 5. TERI's fellow Sumeet Saxena said, "On an average a person spends around 80 per cent of the day indoors. And it is really important to understand the kind environment this time was spent in." 6. A TERI offcial explained, "When a big office is set up, provision is made for a cer number of employees. But over the years this number surely grows. While a infrastructural requirements are taken care of, ventilation is hardly ever B much of a thought 7. As a result, carbon dioxide accumulates in the air and this keeps circulating employees end up inhaling is a lot of carbon dioxide and little oxygen. This is" bad for health, he explained. 8. Indraprastha Apollo Hospital's chest specialist Dr Rajesh Chawla said a t person may have symptoms like headache and dizziness whereas a person suflen from respiratory problems may have a breathing problem. 9. Head of the Centre for Occupational Environmental Health at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital, Dr T.K. Joshi said, "Earlier occupational hazards were limited only to workers of factories. Now it is a fact that employees in white-collared jobs are more likely to face these hazards." 10. Dr Joshi said other than the level of carbon dioxide going up in poorly ventilated buildings, carpets and upholstery of foam may release formaldehyde which is a major irritant. 11. Sometimes, lack of certain restrictions and rules in offices make matters worse. "In a poorly ventilated office, if there are a couple of employees smoking three to four cigarettes a day, others in the office are bound to be severely affected," the TERI official said. On the basis of your reading of the above passage answer the following questions. (a)makes you feel a burning sensation in the eyes and flagged in
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