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70% global air-pollution deaths have Indian connection: Report
The New Indian Express
|October 29, 2025
Lancet says fossil fuels cause 752K deaths annually, wildfire smoke leads to 10K fatalities
INDIA accounts for around 70% of the global deaths attributed to air pollution, according to the 2025 Global Report of the Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change.
The report, prepared by the University College London in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), indicates that India experiences around 1.72 million deaths each year due to anthropogenic air pollution, specifically from PM2.5, which marks a 38% increase since 2010. In comparison, the total number of global deaths related to air pollution stands at 2.5 million annually.
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