Smog has become a hot topic for research and the general public due to its serious threat to human health.
Prof. Al-Fareed Zafar, principal of the Post Graduate Medical Institute and Ameerud Din Medical College, made this statement while discussing smog with representatives of the media on Saturday.
He claimed that pregnant women and their unborn children were more vulnerable than the general population to environmental factors like smog pollution.
He added that the elderly, children and the ill were also easy targets for environmental pollution.
He added that air pollution could have an effect on the heart.
