ApocaDocs: Delhi's Air Has Become a Lethal Hazard and Nobody Seems to Know What to Do About It

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Posted Mon Feb 10 2014: from Time Magazine:


	Delhi's Air Has Become a Lethal Hazard and Nobody Seems to Know What to Do About It http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1392044865 ...Delhi struggles to cope with an appalling smog that has hung over the Indian capital since the beginning of January. Three-quarters of the noxious miasma is generated by the city's almost 7.2 million vehicles. The rest comes from industrial emissions, construction work and the burning of agricultural waste. The pollution in Delhi is now so severe that by some measures it is worse than in Beijing, which has long enjoyed notoriety as the world's most polluted capital... A 2013 study found air pollution to be the fifth largest killer in India, causing more than 600,000 premature deaths -- up six times from 2000. The study cited Delhi as one of the major trouble spots.

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