The air we breathe is killing us. And that’s not hyperbole—it’s science. “There is very definite evidence on how harmful air pollution is for people’s health at all ages throughout their life course,” says Marina Belen Romanello, Executive Director at Lancet Countdown, speaking to PTI on the sidelines of a recent World Health Organization conference in Colombia. Yet in July 2024, India’s Minister of State for Health Anupriya Patel told the Rajya Sabha something starkly different: “There is no conclusive data available in the country to establish a direct correlation of death/disease exclusively due to air pollution.” This contradiction sits … Continue reading Air Pollution in India: 1.5 Million Deaths Annually, No Region Meets WHO Standards