Lancet Air Pollution Study

Millions of cases of dementia could be prevented or delayed by reducing a range of risk factors such as smoking or air pollution, according to a major new study, though outside experts warn that such measures can only go so far.

Short-term air pollution exposure claimed 33,000 lives annually in 10 cities in India and Delhi tops the list with 12,000 deaths every year, according to a study published on Thursday in The Lancet Planetary Health.

Prolonged exposure to polluted air with PM 2.5 particulate matter, which is 30 times thinner than a strand of hair, can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.

India saw over 23.5 lakh (over 2.35 million) premature deaths due to pollution of all types - including 16.7 lakh deaths caused by air pollution - in 2019, the highest among all countries globally, according to a new study published in The Lancet.

Pregnant women in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, who are exposed to poor air quality, may be at higher risk of stillbirths and miscarriages, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.

Air pollution, hypertension, tobacco use, poor diet and high blood sugar levels were the top-five risk factors for death in India in 2019 according to a new study.

Outdoor air pollution was responsible for six per cent of the total disease burden in India in 2016, a new study has said at a time when thick smog hung low over Delhi-NCR, leaving residents gasping for breath

Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan appears to question recent global studies that claim millions of people die in India due to pollution. Dr Harsh Vardhan told NDTV in an interview that "to attribute any death to a cause like pollution may be too much".

If you are living in areas of high air pollution, you are most likely have weakened bones or fractures due to osteoporosis. According to the study published in the Lancet Planetary Health, air pollution could cause brittle cone disease.

According to a British Medical journal The Lancet, more than half a million Indians are estimated to have died prematurely in 2015 due to particulate matter (PM) 2.5 air pollution.

Pollution killed 25 lakh Indians in 2015, the world's highest number of deaths caused by air, water and other forms of pollution, according to an international study. It also translates to five deaths every minute due to pollution in the country.

Millions of cases of dementia could be prevented or delayed by reducing a range of risk factors such as smoking or air pollution, according to a major new study, though outside experts warn that such measures can only go so far.

Short-term air pollution exposure claimed 33,000 lives annually in 10 cities in India and Delhi tops the list with 12,000 deaths every year, according to a study published on Thursday in The Lancet Planetary Health.

Prolonged exposure to polluted air with PM 2.5 particulate matter, which is 30 times thinner than a strand of hair, can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.

India saw over 23.5 lakh (over 2.35 million) premature deaths due to pollution of all types - including 16.7 lakh deaths caused by air pollution - in 2019, the highest among all countries globally, according to a new study published in The Lancet.

Pregnant women in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, who are exposed to poor air quality, may be at higher risk of stillbirths and miscarriages, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.

Air pollution, hypertension, tobacco use, poor diet and high blood sugar levels were the top-five risk factors for death in India in 2019 according to a new study.

Outdoor air pollution was responsible for six per cent of the total disease burden in India in 2016, a new study has said at a time when thick smog hung low over Delhi-NCR, leaving residents gasping for breath

Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan appears to question recent global studies that claim millions of people die in India due to pollution. Dr Harsh Vardhan told NDTV in an interview that "to attribute any death to a cause like pollution may be too much".

If you are living in areas of high air pollution, you are most likely have weakened bones or fractures due to osteoporosis. According to the study published in the Lancet Planetary Health, air pollution could cause brittle cone disease.

According to a British Medical journal The Lancet, more than half a million Indians are estimated to have died prematurely in 2015 due to particulate matter (PM) 2.5 air pollution.

Pollution killed 25 lakh Indians in 2015, the world's highest number of deaths caused by air, water and other forms of pollution, according to an international study. It also translates to five deaths every minute due to pollution in the country.