Air pollution led to more than 2.3 million premature deaths in India in 2019, the greatest toll of any country in the world, according to a new study published by The Lancet. Pollution was responsible for approximately 9 million premature deaths worldwide that year, a figure that corresponded to “ one in six deaths ”, explained the latest study from the Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health that was published on Tuesday. The greatest number of premature deaths recorded were attributed to Ind

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