Saturday, December 13, 2025

We are immune.

The Air Quality Index (AQI) is at the hazardous level of 707 this morning in Delhi, with PM10 level at 594 and PM2.5 at 429 mcg/ cubic meter. aqi.in. AQI level between 0 and 50 is good and any level above 100 is harmful for health. airnow.gov. "Uranium levels in Delhi's groundwater have increased, placing the capital third in the country after Punjab and Haryana in the share of contaminated samples." The latest report shows that "13-15% of tested samples in Delhi contain uranium above the permissible limit of 30 ppb, raising concerns about drinking-water safety and public health." TOI. Uranium from natural sources is toxic to kidneys, but "Only about 0.1-6% of the uranium a person ingests will get into the bloodstream through the mouth, stomach and intestines." cdc.gov. Water purifiers using reverse osmosis (RO) remove virtually all minerals from tap water but these are usually used by the middle and upper classes. National Library of Medicine. "Studies estimate that over 55 million Indians fall below the poverty line annually due to healthcare costs." "Families resort to savings, borrowing, or high-interest loans, entrenching them in a debt cycle that can last generations." BW. "Indian households spent over INR 120 billion on healthcare-related expenditure in November 2020," of which "Urban India accounted for 42.3% of the total healthcare-related expenditure in this period, while the remaining 57.7% of the expenditure came from rural India." CEDA. The higher proportion of expenditure in rural areas could be because 63% of the population lived in rural areas in India in 2024. (World Bank). Physical illness is usually visible, mental illness is not. "A recent National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report revealed that in Karnataka alone, 29 men die by suicide everyday. Between 2018 and 2023, the state recorded 63,539 suicides, over three-fourths of them men. Rural men are dying at even higher rates." "In a society where family honor carries enormous weight, men are expected to provide, endure and stay silent." DH. If men stay silent, women would seek help. If they can find it. "For years, women in distress knew the first place to go: Delhi Commission for Women. Walk into Mahila Aayog, and someone will sit across you, calm your nerves and hear you out. Try that now. At its Vikas Bhawan office, ask the guard for Mahila Aayog and he shrugs without even looking up: 'Bandh hai' (shut)." TOI. In 2025, 20 children died in Madhya Pradesh due to cough syrup containing diethylene glycol. "India has arrested the owner of the pharma company behind the contaminated syrup...and launched an investigation." BBC. Just drama to fool the people. Because if the government and regulators had taken action when over 70 children died in The Gambia in between July and October 2023 because of contaminated cough syrup from India (BBC) innocent children would not be murdered in search of profit. Even more ridiculous, "The Uttar Pradesh government has filed an application seeking the withdrawal of charges against all the accused in the 2015 Dadri lynching of Mohammad Akhlaq." The Print. The man was beaten to death in front of the entire village, but no one did it. It's no surprise that thousands of Indians die prematurely everyday. It is a wonder that millions don't. We must be immune. To all poisons.             

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