All north Indian cities fail to meet air quality standards, report finds
by Michael Safi in Delhi from Environment | The Guardian on (#28R8C)
Greenpeace study estimates air pollution kills more than 1 million Indians each year and cuts country's GDP by 3%
Not a single city in northern India meets international air quality standards, according to a Greenpeace report that estimates air pollution kills more than 1 million Indians each year and takes 3% off the country's GDP.
The report released this week also shows that levels of the most dangerous airborne pollutants grew by 13% in India between 2010 and 2015 but fell at least 15% over the same period in China, the US and Europe.
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