01-27-2010, 05:55 AM
Actually it is very testible whats in the air, which is why we know how in 2002 at least 146 million Americans were living in areas that did not meet at least one of the “criteria pollutants†laid out in the 1997 National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
Places where western ex pats generally congregate are clean and fine as anywhere else in the world. You also don't drink the groundwater in most non western countries so its largely irrelevant.
Millions of brits raise kids in India, read up on some expat forums of whatever area you are around rather than making a judgment off of nebulous fear.
Also consider you'll be socking away quite a bit more than you are now since the cost of living will be far less over there.. But at the end of the day it comes down to where the area is and how you think your family will cope.
Places where western ex pats generally congregate are clean and fine as anywhere else in the world. You also don't drink the groundwater in most non western countries so its largely irrelevant.
Millions of brits raise kids in India, read up on some expat forums of whatever area you are around rather than making a judgment off of nebulous fear.
Also consider you'll be socking away quite a bit more than you are now since the cost of living will be far less over there.. But at the end of the day it comes down to where the area is and how you think your family will cope.