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Air pollution drives 7% of deaths in big Indian cities: study

Terra Daily Thursday, 4 July 2024 ()
Paris (AFP) July 3, 2024

More than seven percent of all deaths in 10 of India's biggest cities are linked to air pollution, a large study said Thursday, leading researchers to call for action to save tens of thousands of lives a year. Smog-filled Indian cities including the capital Delhi suffer from some of the world's worst air pollution, choking the lungs of residents and posing a rising threat to health still bei
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