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Air pollution raises dengue death risk, fuels diabetes, other chronic diseases

On a mid-February morning this year, 65-year-old Abul Kashem stood in the outpatient department of the 250-bed TB Hospital in the capital’s Agargaon. A long-term asthma patient, he found his condition worsening toward the end of winter. Speaking to this correspondent, Abul Kashem, a resident of Adabar, said, “Winter has become milder than before, but the coughing does not stop.” Physicians told him his condition was not due to age alone; polluted air was also a significant factor. The number...

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Dhaka, Dhaka
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Air pollution raises dengue death risk, fuels diabetes, other chronic diseases On a mid-February morning this year, 65-year-old Abul Kashem stood in the outpatient department of the 250-bed TB Hospital in the capital’s Agargaon. A long-term asthma patient, he found his condition worsening toward the end of winter. Speaking to this correspondent, Abul Kashem, a resident of Adabar, said, “Winter has become milder than before, but the coughing does not stop.” Physicians told him his condition was not due to age alone; polluted air was also a significant factor. The number of Source: Prothom Alo English https://en.prothomalo.com/environment/pollution/3n0uv2yebz

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