Study finds air inside Delhi homes as harmful as outdoors

As Delhi braces for winters and likely another spell of the late fall smog, a study has found that the air inside city homes is filled with fungal spores 12 times higher than the WHO safety limit, causing skin allergies, respiratory issues as well as anxiety among residents.

- PT News

The study by Delhi University's Satyawati College, Jamia Millia Islamia and US's South Dakota State University, has also revealed that the bacterial levels were recorded to be 10-fold higher than the World Health Organisation (WHO) safety limits. Long-term exposure to high fungal and bacterial concentrations makes indoor air in several parts of Delhi almost as harm