Delhi continues to choke, and again wakes up to toxic air on Friday, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) stayed in 'severe' category. As of 8am, the Anand Vihar monitoring station recorded an AQI of 418 as per the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). As of 7am, as per aqi.in, Delhi's average AQI was recorded at 455. As of mid-day, around 10am, the AQI was recorded at 303, which is equivalent to smoking 10.3 cigarettes noted aqi.in. Parents too are now concerned about their children's health. A Delhi resident Akshat Verma, posted on his LinkedIn that his three-year-old son now needs to understand the term AQI. He writes: "One week he’s learning how to hold a pencil... next week he’s learning why he can’t go to school because the air is ‘too poisonous'."Also Read: Taking Magnesium And Melatoni

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