Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Leaving New Delhi
Here in Los Angeles, we have some of the worst air quality in the country. But our air is only a fraction as polluted as New Dehli, India, which has some of the worst air in the world -- twice as bad as Beijing's. It’s a hazard for everyone living there, but especially children. Half of all schoolchildren have irreversible lung damage.
Here in Los Angeles, we have some of the worst air quality in the country. But our air is only a fraction as polluted as New Dehli, India, which has some of the worst air in the world -- twice as bad as Beijing's. It’s a hazard for everyone living there, but especially children. Half of all schoolchildren have irreversible lung damage. That’s more than 2 million children. And that’s why Gardiner Harris, a correspondent for the New York Times, is leaving. He’s moving his family back to Washington after three years in Delhi, because he believes staying would risk his children’s long-term health. He recently wrote about the decision for the Times, and joins Madeleine to talk about it.