Interactive: Air Pollution Is Affecting Every Part of Your Body
Click on the different parts of the body to know what air pollution is doing to them.
It’s hard to not notice the smoldering air every time you step outside. The grey in the air pierces your skin, enters the body and passes through the bloodstream to all — literally all organs inside. While the lungs are a obvious, the damage runs way beyond. Brain, heart, skin, kidneys and even your fertility — nothing is spared.
To know just how the pollution is affecting these organs, click on the different body parts in this interactive and read the illnesses and diseases that appear below.
Developer: Achintya De
UI/UX: Shubham Singh
Illustration: Arnica Kala
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