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A recent study published in The Lancet Planetary Health delivers a grim warning—India’s deadly relationship with air pollution, specifically PM2.5, is costing millions of lives. Over 11 years (2009–2019), the research analysed district-level data across the country and found that every 10 µg/m³ increase in PM2.5 exposure corresponds to an 8.6% rise in all-cause mortality. These findings are no longer abstract academic numbers—they point to real people, real suffering, and a deep failure in our public health and environmental policy systems. PM2.5 and the Indian Reality of Air Pollution PM2.5—fine particulate matter less than 2.5...
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