Deadly air

Being in denial on pollution is dangerous

Is India’s air killing its citizens? It is well known that the country, particularly urban India, has among the worst pollution in the world, if not the worst. However, a recent study on the number of premature deaths caused by pollution has been met with some ire from the government. The 2017 State of Global Air report by institutes at the University of Washington and the University of British Columbia found annual premature deaths due to air pollution in India were around 1.1 million, and just a few thousand less than the number in China, which is much more industrialised