 "People seen wearing pollution masks while they commute to their work places in New Delhi")
In 2015, only one in 1000 Indians lived in areas where particulate pollution did not exceed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) safe levels for fine, toxic dust particles called PM 2.5, according to a new study.
Similarly, the populations in 21 Indian states and six union territories were exposed to PM 2.5 levels above the Indian annual standards–or safe levels–in 2015, said the study, Burden of Disease Attributable to Major Air Pollution Sources in India, led by the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B), the Health Effects Institute (HEI), an advocacy, and the Institute for
