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7. If cities keep ignoring mental health in air pollution policy, they’re budgeting for hospitals, not prevention. Future generations will ask why we didn’t act when the evidence was this clear.

6. Environmental policy is mental health policy. Urban planning is prevention. Air quality standards are healthcare decisions.

5. There are equity signals too: • Women → higher stress response • Men → higher anxiety response Same pollution. Different harm.

4. And this happens in a low-pollution, high-income setting. So the idea that “further reductions aren’t worth the cost”? That argument collapses once mental health is included.

3. Key point policymakers miss: These were primary mental health diagnoses. Not side effects. Not comorbidities. Air pollution is triggering new illness.

2. This isn’t correlation. Researchers used wind direction to isolate pollution exposure — a gold-standard method to show causality. The signal holds. Strongly.

1. A major study using Texas data (2010–2017) found: Just a 1 µg/m³ rise in PM2.5 → ~10 extra mental health diagnoses per 100,000 people. That’s not noise. That’s population-level harm.

Air pollution isn’t just damaging lungs. It’s quietly driving depression, anxiety, and stress — even in places with “clean” air. And policymakers are still not counting the cost. A🧵 #AirPollution #ClimateEmergency @arksangel @Warriormomsin @BhavreenMK @navipeth

AQI 500 in the third week of Jan. Just the trailer. Real disaster drops Nov–Dec 2026—kids on oxygen, cities invisible from the sky. We’ve seen it before. Time to act before it’s too late. #BeforeTheSmog https://t.co/4ayYS0fb5z

A simple truth we keep ignoring: Colon cancer risk isn’t mysterious. We see it every day in clinics. Ultra-processed food, sugary drinks, long sitting, alcohol. Small exposures, repeated for years. Start simple: eat real food, move daily, drink less, get screened on time.

Yes, 1 session/week works — but consistency is key. Who’s brave enough to try this challenge for 4 weeks? 💪

💥 Think you need hours at the gym to lose belly fat? Think again. Once-a-week intense exercise gave real fat loss ✅ — even for people with central obesity. No injuries. High participation. Results that actually stick. Stop wasting time on endless routines. Science says:

The Gobi Desert once marched forward every year. Streets buried in sand. Crops lost. Lives disrupted. Now? NASA satellites show it’s slowing. Millions of trees, shrubs, and shelterbelts of China’s Great Green Wall are pushing back the sands. A 4,500 km human-made forest is

💔 Our oceans are silently paying the price for every ton of CO₂ we emit. Reefs, mangroves, fisheries, ports… all shrinking. If we counted this, the real cost of carbon today would almost double. Our kids and future generations will inherit the damage we ignore today.

Imagine a world where your neighbor, your parent, your child faces cancer… and the health system can’t help. By 2050, cancer deaths could double. You don’t stop this by cutting funding, sidelining experts, or relying on hacks like fasting for a week. You stop it by investing in

Ever wonder why “clean” air & food still feel risky? It’s not your imagination—chemicals travel farther than you think. We need action at the source.

Pollution doesn’t knock. It sneaks in—air, water, food. Millions die from chemicals we release. #Pollution

💨 The air you breathe. 🥛 The water you drink. 🍎 The food on your table. Invisible poisons are already inside them—pollution doesn’t stay put. Millions die every year. Time to stop it at the source. #OneHealth

Paracetamol in pregnancy does not cause autism, ADHD, or cognitive harm — latest evidence. ✅ Use safely, short-term, lowest effective dose. ⚠️ This is educational, not medical advice. #Medical #news

AQI here 👋 Just a reminder—I haven’t gone anywhere. I’ll be around until you actually ask me to leave. Not hashtags. Not speeches. Action. #AQI #DelhiPollution