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Doctors Warn of Pollution's Impact on Health in New Delhi

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI -- As winter sets in, residents in New Delhi follow an
   unusual weather routine: People in the world's most polluted capital do
   not look out their windows to see whether it is a sunny or a chilly
   day, but to check on how bad the toxic smog that envelops the city is.

   This year, Nandini Guha, 65, did not wait to watch the skies turn gray
   and city landmarks and buildings virtually disappear under a haze of
   dirty air. She left the city for a few weeks before air pollution
   levels hit a three-year high, touching the hazardous category last
   week.

   Earlier this year, medical tests showed that Guha, a former college
   professor and longtime city resident, had developed asthma. "I already
   have been put on inhalers and on nasal sprays. I don't want to fall so
   sick that I have to be hospitalized," she said.

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