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Pollution kills, but who cares? [1]

Current policies on containing air pollution, particularly in cities, are regressive

Our health is not on anybody's agenda. Or we just don't seem to make the connections between the growing burden of disease and the deteriorating condition of our environment. We don't really believe science, which tells us each passing day how toxins affect our bodies, leading to high rates of both morbidity and mortality. It is true that it is difficult to establish cause and effect; but we know more than enough to say that air pollution is today a leading cause of both disease and death in India and other parts of South Asia.

Publication Date: 
11/03/2013
Sunita Narain [2]
Business Standard (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
India [4], Air Pollution [5], Diseases [6], South Asia [7], WHO [8], Health Effects [9], Vehicles [10], Vehicular Pollution [11], Diesel [12], Cancer [13], Heart Diseases [14], Biomass [15], Kerosene [16], Toxins [17], Sunita Narain [18], CSE [19], Indoor Air Pollution [20], Air Quality Monitoring [21], Air Quality Standards [22], Urban Air Quality [23], Buses [24], Cars [25]

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