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Feb 04, 2025 06:29 PM Nithin Kamath of Zerodha discussed Bryan Johnson’s podcast insights, revealing alarming air quality levels in Mumbai and Bengaluru. Zerodha’s Nithin Kamath has revealed the biggest takeaway from age-reversal millionaire Bryan Johnson’s appearance on his brother Nikhil’s WTF podcast. Kamath said that before Johnson left the podcast over health concerns the US millionaire debunked a myth that he had once believed in. Nithin Kamath said that before Bryan Johnson left the podcast, the US millionaire debunked a myth that he had once believed in.(File) “The biggest takeaway for me after meeting @bryan_johnson was debunking the myth I once believed: that only Delhi in India has an air quality problem and that it occurs only in winter,” he said in post on Instagram. Kamath shared that the podcast episode was recorded in a sea-facing apartment in Mumbai’s Bandra, yet the AQI indoors was over 160. “If the AQI was this high in Bandra, just imagine the levels in the more crowded parts of the town. Later, I got an AQI meter for our office in J.P. Nagar-a quiet corner of Bengaluru-and was shocked to see it reading 120+. Again, imagine how much worse it might be in the busier parts of the city. What makes matters trickier in Bengaluru is the dust from the ongoing construction boom and poor roads,” he added. Take a look at the post here: Kamath added that the most places in the US and Europe have AQIs below 50 and long-term exposure to poor air quality can affect one’s health. “This has bothered me ever since. Everyone should have equal access to clean air. With water, you can use a filter to ensure decent quality. But what about air? We seem to have gotten used to the fact that air pollution is just a part of life, and we’re okay with breathing low-quality air-even though clean air is a fundamental right granted to citizens the Constitution,” he added. Kamath then reiterated his radical idea of linking property prices with air and water quality to help keep the pollution levels down. “Shouldn’t property prices be linked to AQI? The higher the AQI, the lower the real estate prices should be. That means if an area has poor air quality, property prices and rents should be lower, and vice versa. After all, living in such areas, you are accepting higher odds of respiratory ailments, cancer,” he wrote. (Also read: Bryan Johnson leaves Nikhil Kamath’s interview midway: ‘I did end this podcast…’) Kamath also urged researchers and hospital chains to collaborate with Zerodha’s Rainmatter organisation to study the impact of poor air quality on public health. Recommended Topics News / Trending / Nithin Kamath reveals US millionaire debunked this myth before leaving podcast: ‘I once believed…’ See Less