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Delhi has the worst air quality across India [1]

With PM10 concentration, the Capital tops the pollution charts

Air pollution is known to cause shorter and sicker lives and Delhiites never seem to have had it so bad. The Capital has been listed as the worst performer across the country with respect to the presence of alarmingly high level of Particulate Matter up to 10 micrometer in size (PM10) concentration.

Publication Date: 
31/03/2014
Bindu Shajan Perappadan [2]
Hindu (New Delhi) [3]
Tags:
Delhi [4], Air Pollution [5], RSPM (PM 10) [6], Respiratory Diseases [7], Lung Cancer [8], Air Quality Standards [9], Jharkhand [10], Nitrogen Dioxide [11], West Bengal [12], CNG [13], Industrial Pollution [14], Asthma [15], Health Effects [16], WHO [17], India [18], China [19], Air Quality and Health [20]
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