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INDIA POLLUTION DEATHS
Put a freeze on extreme heat: Why India needs more than just heatwave warningsIndia faces severe heatwaves. Dangerous heat now affects large areas with little relief. This crisis demands action beyond meteorology. Hea...- Megacity heatwaves are now a fatal nightmareCities are becoming dangerous places at night due to rising temperatures. Lack of cool nights strains the body, increasing risks of serious...
- Energy shock ripples from kitchens to forests as Africa and South Asia grapple with rising fuel costsGlobal fuel price hikes are pushing families in Kenya and India back to burning charcoal and wood. This reversal threatens years of progres...
- Why battery recycling units across India are harmful for children and pregnant womenA new study by Toxics Link reveals alarming lead contamination in soil surrounding battery recycling units across India, with levels signif...
- Air pollution: Every day, 464 children in India die: Report464 children under 5 die daily in India due to air pollution, surpassing tobacco & diabetes as leading cause of death. China & India accoun...
- Study finds outdoor air pollution accounts for over 2 million deaths in India annuallyThe research indicates that worldwide, air pollution resulting from fossil fuels in industry, power generation, and transportation causes 5...
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- Pollution kills 9 million people a year: What study saysGlobal pollution kills about 9 million people a year, says a new pre-pandemic study. The death toll is attributed to dirty air from cars, t...
- Pollution led to over 23.5 lakh premature deaths in India in 2019, highest in world: Lancet StudyThe majority of air pollution related deaths -- 9.8 lakh -- in India were caused by ambient PM2.5 pollution -- tiny pollution particles in ...
- Deaths, morbidity from air pollution led to loss of 1.4% of GDP in 2019, says scientific paperThe study said the economic loss due to lost output from premature deaths and morbidity from air pollution was 1.36 per cent of the GDP in ...
- 91% premature deaths due to air pollution in low and middle-income countries: UNEP
- Around 12.4 lakh deaths in India in 2017 attributable to air pollution: StudyOne in eight deaths in India last year was attributable to air pollution, which contributes to more disease burden than tobacco use, a stud...
- Air pollution killed over 1 lakh children in a year in India: WHOA WHO report said air pollution is one of the leading threats to child health, accounting for almost one in 10 deaths in children under fiv...
- Government sceptical about studies linking deaths to pollutionThe ministry had submitted the affidavit in response to a comprehensive action plan, prepared by the the Supreme Court appointed EPCA.
- India tops the world in pollution-related deathsAt 1.81 million, India tops the charts, with China second at 1.58 million. Globally, air pollution accounts for twice the number of deaths ...
- Won’t just go by foreign data, will do study on air pollution: CentreIndia might have tried to downplay the recent global report which attributed nearly 1.1 million premature deaths in 2015 to air pollution, ...
- No data to link deaths exclusively with air pollution: GovtEnvironment Minister Anil Madhav Dave said that there is no conclusive data available in the country to establish direct correlationship of...
- Air pollution responsible for upto 30,000 deaths annually in DelhiAir pollution is responsible for 10,000 to 30,000 deaths annually in Delhi as it is the fifth leading cause of death in India, a report by ...
- Cleaner air could save 1.4 million lives in India, ChinaThe study also warned that with no changes in air pollution, deaths per capita from air pollution would increase 20 to 30 per cent during t...
- 'Air pollution causes 8m deaths/yr'Deaths due to air pollution have increased fourfold across the globe over the past decade, the latest assessment by the World Health Organi...
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