Our regulatory imagination must catch up with our scientific knowledge and the experience of women whose bodies have been silently absorbing the cost of our industrial ambitions for decades.
Some men decided the air was safe
Our regulatory imagination must catch up with our scientific knowledge and the experience of women whose bodies have been silently absorbing the cost of our industrial ambitions for decades.
A recent study by AIIMS researchers drew sharp attention to how air pollution, specifically sulphur dioxide (SO2), harms pregnant women. SO2 hampers the development of the placenta, the organ that nourishes a baby in the womb.