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India’s Air Pollution Cutting Delhi Life Expectancy by Nearly Ten Years: Energy Policy Institute

Sputnik International

By Deexa Khanduri

June 14, 2022

A May study published in The Lancet Planetary Health stated that pollution in India in general led to more than 2.3 million premature deaths in 2019 – the highest among all countries.
 
India’s capital Delhi is the most polluted city in the world, with life expectancy cut by almost ten years due to air contamination, an air quality life index (AQLI) study published by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) has concluded.

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