{"id":178860,"date":"2022-04-12T19:53:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=178860"},"modified":"2022-04-12T19:54:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T14:24:30","slug":"air-pollution-kills-study-counts-100000-premature-deaths-in-8-indian-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/air-pollution-kills-study-counts-100000-premature-deaths-in-8-indian-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Air pollution kills: Study counts 100,000 premature deaths in 8 Indian cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
What is the News?<\/b><\/h5>\n
According to a study published <\/span>in the journal Science Advances, there is a rapid degradation in air quality and an increase in urban exposure to air pollutants hazardous to health.<\/span><\/p>\n
What are the key findings of the study?<\/b><\/h5>\nSource: Down To Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
Premature Deaths due to Air Pollution<\/b><\/p>\n
Air pollution caused more than 100,000 premature deaths in some of India\u2019s largest cities from 2005 to 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n
Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Pune recorded the highest number of such deaths.<\/span><\/p>\n
Note: <\/b>The study did not cover <\/span>Delhi, Noida and Faridabad, which featured in the WHO\u2019s list of the top 20 most polluted cities in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n
Increase in Pollutants<\/b><\/h5>\n
The study fo<\/span>und significant annual increases in pollutants directly hazardous to the health of up to 14% for nitrogen dioxide(NO2), 8% for fine particles(PM2.5) and 12% for ammonia.<\/span><\/p>\n
There is also a <\/span>1.5 to four-fold increase in population exposure to air pollution in 40 of the 46 cities for NO2 and 33 of the 46 cities for PM2.5.<\/span><\/p>\n
This rapid increase in exposure to air pollutants is due to population growth combined with road traffic, waste burning and widespread use of charcoal and fuelwood.<\/span><\/p>\n
Premature Deaths due to exposure to PM 2.5<\/b><\/h6>\n
India had 123,900 premature deaths from long-term exposure to PM 2.5 in 2005 which increased to 223,200 in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n
Note:<\/b> PM 2.5 are tiny particles or droplets that are 2.5 micrometres or fewer in width that are linked to a host of diseases and premature death.<\/span><\/p>\n
Source: <\/b>This post is based on the article <\/span>\u201c<\/b>Air pollution kills: Study counts 100,000 premature deaths in 8 Indian cities<\/b>\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>Down To Earth <\/b>on 11th April 2022.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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