India Top List of Pollution-Linked Deaths a Study

Abstract

According to the new study published in medical journal The Lancet, India has topped a list of countries with pollution-related deaths in 2015. In India, 2.51 million people died prematurely in 2015 due to diseases linked to air, water and other forms of pollution. The 2.51 million deaths in India, 1.81 million are related to air pollution, 0.64 million to water pollution, 0.17 million to occupational exposure and 95,000 linked to lead pollution