{"id":62794,"date":"2017-02-19T12:07:07","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T12:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/?p=62794"},"modified":"2017-02-19T12:07:07","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T12:07:07","slug":"2-persons-die-every-minute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greattelangaana.com\/english\/2-persons-die-every-minute\/","title":{"rendered":"2 Persons Die Every Minute"},"content":{"rendered":"

The air Indians breathe is turning more toxic by the day and an average of two deaths take place daily due to air pollution, says a new study.<\/p>\n

According to medical journal The Lancet, over a million Indians die every year due to air pollution and some of the worst polluted cities of the world are in India.<\/p>\n

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The study released this week but based on 2010 data estimates that globally 2.7-3.4 million preterm births may be associated with PM2.5 exposure and South Asia is the worst hit accounting for 1.6 million pre-term births.<\/p>\n

The study says causes of air pollution and climate change are intricately linked and needed to be tackled together.<\/p>\n

The Lancet concludes that climate change posed both a “potentially catastrophic risk to human health”, while conversely being “the greatest global health opportunity of the 21st century” if the right steps are taken.<\/p>\n

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The smog over northern India is extracting a heavy toll, every minute two lives are lost in India due to ambient air pollution, the study published in The Lancet says.<\/p>\n

Further, according an estimate by the World Bank, this would amount to a whopping USD 38 billion loss in income towards labour in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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