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Air Pollution Drives 7% Of Deaths In Big Indian Cities: Study

In India's capital Delhi 11.5 percent of deaths every year were linked to air pollution, the researchers said (Credit: AFP)

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.

Smog-filled Indian cities including the capital Delhi suffer from some of the world's worst air pollution, choking the lungs of residents and posing a rising threat to health still being revealed by researchers.

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