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Air pollution is the fifth largest killer in the country, according to Global Burden of Disease. Most vulnerable will be the old, children, homeless and poor sections of the society. Indoor air pollution caused by the burning of fuel wood and coal leads to formation of CO2 and CO along with hydrocarbons
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India has the distinction of releasing the largest volumes of pollutants into the air after China. Majority of the cities with the most polluted air are in India and WHO goes so far as to call them death traps. Air pollution is the fifth largest killer in the country, according to Global Burden of Disease. Most vulnerable will be the old, children, homeless and poor sections of the society. Indoor air pollution caused by the burning of fuel wood and coal leads to formation of CO2 and CO along with hydrocarbons. Chronic lung disorders, cancer, prenatal deaths and low birth weight are a common occurrence due to air pollution. Industrial air pollution from petroleum refineries, chemical industry, paper and dye industries is causing severe damage to the ecology as well as several man-made structures. The losses caused due to mortality and morbidity in humans due to industrial pollution, when accounted for, would run into crores. Vehicular pollution will trigger many respiratory ailments, as traffic speed has come down considerably due to congested roads. The speed of traffic varies between 8 km/hour to 16 ms/hour. India is providing low-sulphur diesel in only some of its cities, and the rest of the country uses high-sulphur diesel for its buses and trucks that spew noxious sulphur and nitrous oxides into the air.