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Delhi’s alarming pollution level can reduce life expectancy by three years: study

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Delhi is coughing hard and the air is to blame. Satellite pictures of Delhi’s pollution should set off alarm bells – the city has PM2.5 or particulate matter 2.5 many times higher than the levels that World Health Organisation says is safe. This has meant a 10 to 15 per cent jump in complaints of respiratory ailments this winter, say doctors.

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