India air pollution kills half a million per year, costs hundreds of billions – study

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<p>‘Air poll tio i I ia is lea i g to half a millio premat re eaths a year a is costi g the co try h re s of billio s of ollars, accor i g to a ew st y.</p>
<p>The research, p blishe i the jo r al Geophysical Research Letters, s ggests that aro 570,000 premat re eaths i I ia were ca se by expos re to fi e partic late matter i 2011, a 12,000 were ca se by expos re to ozo e.</p>
<p>Fi e partic late matter, fo i smoke a haze, co sists of ti y particles or roplets i the air that are 2.5 micrometers or less i wi th. Ozo e, mea while, is k ow to ca se respiratory problems.’</p>
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