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NEW DELHI As global pollution edged upward in 2021, so did its burden on human health, new data from the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) said on Tuesday.
India News: Fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is estimated to shorten an average Indian’s life expectancy by 5.3 years and in Delhi, often labelled the most
A new study has flagged concerns that as global pollution rose in 2021 and three-quarters of its impact on global life expectancy occurred in just six countries — Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, China, Nigeria and Indonesia, it is Delhi which has earned the dubious distinction of being the world’s
Fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) is estimated to shorten an average Indians life expectancy by 5.3 years and in Delhi, often labelled the most polluted city in the world, by as much as 11.9 years when compared to the World Health Organisation (WHO) standards of 5 micrograms per cubic meter (µg/m3), according to an updated Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) released by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).