No Euro 2024 matches last night, so here’s when the quarter-finals are coming and which nations will face each otherIndia’s capital Delhi was the worst offender, with 12,000 annual deaths linked to air pollution—or 11.5 percent of the total.— AFP picPARIS, July 4 — More than seven percent of all deaths in 10 of India’s biggest cities are linked to air pollution, a large study said Thursday, leading researchers to call for action to save tens of thousands of lives a year.
For the new study, an Indian-led team looked at the levels of cancer-causing microparticles known as PM2.5 pollutants in the cities of Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Shimla and Varanasi. India’s capital Delhi was the worst offender, with 12,000 annual deaths linked to air pollution—or 11.5 percent of the total.
Lowering and enforcing the limit “will save tens of thousands of lives per year,” study co-author Joel Schwartz of Harvard University said.