“For someone living in Delhi during the winter pollution season, working from home can be beneficial because it removes a significant period of exposure that would otherwise occur during commuting, but this is not the complete story,” says Dr. Shivakumar K, MD, Respiratory Medicine and Chief Consultant Pulmonologist at Kauvery Hospital, Marathahalli, Bengaluru. While pollution exposure is more about the total dose of polluted air you inhale over the course of a day and cutting out daily commute, particularly one involving long periods in traffic, can therefore reduce an individual’s overall exposure, there is still a catch: home is not automatically a clean-air zone.
