Just take a step outside your home and what will you see? Many cars and factories polluting the environment you live in! The environment was very much clear and healthy before than it is today. But cars and factories are necessarily for our living today. Even after repetitive measures to decrease the pollution, no difference has been made. So there is nothing much we can do about it. But at least we can protect us from the outdoor pollution by taking some steps. Lets see what we can do about saving ourselves from pollution.

10) Check the Air Quality Index

Stick to the weather forecast news. Always check the latest updates on the levels of pollution, especially air pollution, at least of your area. You can get the information easily by newspapers, TV weather reports or any local radio broadcasts. You have to be careful during the high ozone days. Don’t ride a car on a high ozone day as it is our duty to keep the number of cars on the road less especially on that particular day. Special care of the kids have to be taken as low-level ozone can cause breathing problems easily to the kids. Moreover, people can suffer from chest pain, coughing and throat irritation.

9) Use beauty products

There are many beauty products that people can use to product their face, hands, legs and other body parts from any damage because of pollution. Many people use anti-pollution creams to save their body from pollution. The dirty and warm air can weaken your skin cells so we have to take care of them. Whenever you are planning to go out, do take an anti-pollution cream with you and even apply it before leaving also. It will definitely help you.

8) Be Shielded

Always cover your face with a scarf or gas masks while roaming on the streets. They will protect your face from the polluted air. When at home, use air filters that can block the particulate matter.  Set the recycled-air settings on your A/C in order to prevent your A/C to suck in fumes. If you want to keep the air cleaner, fill up your car during night not during day. If you will keep the air clean, your lungs will stay clean and healthy.

7) Avoid the heat

One must be aware of the fact that the air quality will be lower on a sunny day. Thus, people should avoid walking out on a high temperature day. Try to plan all the outgoing activities in morning or evening. If they can’t avoid going out, then make you that you are shielded in a car or bus. Don’t be in the contact of direct sun heat.

6) Eat clean cuisine

Choose the vegetables carefully and have a healthy diet on a regular basis. Have your fridge filled with foods which are anti-oxidants. People can have kale, tomatoes and cherries especially. The free radicals in the polluted air do their dirty work after making contact with our body. So kindly have some antioxidant stuff to neutralise their effects. By having a healthy died, people can stay away from various diseases and can be more active too.

5) Do less exercise

Don’t keep your body under stress. Exercising on a foggy day will make your body tight and trust me it is not good for proper metabolism of our body. Don’t even think about exercising in an open area when you are living in a high ozone zone. Try to restrict your exercise activities to indoors only. Also, don’t let your child play outside the home for a long time on a daily basis.

4) Keep the windows closed

We can’t reduce the outdoor pollution but we can reduce the indoor pollution completely. By keeping our house clean, filled with fresh air. Try to keep the windows of your house closed and don’t let the outdoor polluted air to come inside your lovely home. Maintain the aroma of your house. Open the windows and doors of your house during easily mornings only. This will keep the house fit for your living.

3) Dump the waste properly

A lot of waste is generated on a regular basis by each and every home in the town. Dump all the waste of your house on a proper dumping ground or on a closed dustbin to keep the soil, land and air pollution at the lowest at least in your areas. Do not dump any kind of waste on ground. It will spoil the soil of that land and sooner or later the land will be polluted. So make a perfect non-polluted environment for yourself.

2) Prevention is better than cure

It is a very good saying that prevention is better than cure. Take measures to avoid pollution in the very first step than letting it happen and later thinking about the cure. Try not to use petrol and diesel cars; use CNGs in your cars to avoid much pollution. Live in a green environment. Plant a lot of tress in your garden to have a perfect and healthy playground for your children.

1) Go off-route

Avoid being on the high pollution routes. Choose a safe and healthy route to reach your destination. Don’t walk or drive you bike on a high traffic road as the levels of pollutants will be higher on these roads.