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India’s dubious distinction – tops world in pollution deaths with Delhi and Patna being the worst
Source: Nagpur Today, India, Date: , 2017
Source: Nagpur Today, India, Oct 22, 2017:- Pollution killed 25 lakh Indians
in 2015. The highest in the world, even more than in China which is the country
with the highest population. In China, the figure is 18 lakhs. In India, over
18 lakh lives were snuffed out by foul air alone as per a global panel of
public health experts. Most of these deaths were caused by heart disease,
stroke, lung cancer and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, triggered by
pollution. Air pollution apart, water pollution killed nearly 6.46 lakh
Indians. Other forms of pollution, including passive smoking and exposure to
lead, resulted in the death of another 1.68 lakh people, according to the
report published in the journal Lancet.
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