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    1) A new global study found that air pollution contributed to more than 116,000 infant deaths in India in 2019. 2) Over half of these deaths were associated with outdoor PM2.5 pollution and others were linked to indoor pollution from burning fuels like wood and dung for cooking. 3) Long-term air pollution exposure contributed to over 1.67 million deaths total in India from diseases like heart attacks, strokes, lung cancer, and chronic lung diseases. Most infant deaths were due to low birth weight and preterm birth from mother's air pollution exposure.

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    Air pollution contributes to


    more than 116,000 infant deaths
    in India
    In infants, most deaths were related to complications from low birth weight
    and preterm birth.

    Written by Anuradha Mascarenhas | Pune | Updated: October 21, 2020 11:59:31 am


    Long-term exposure to outdoor and household air pollution contributed to over 1.67 million annual
    deaths from stroke, heart attack, diabetes, lung cancer, chronic lung diseases, and neonatal diseases,
    in India in 2019. (Representational Image)
    EXPLAINED
    The first-ever comprehensive analysis of air pollution’s global impact on newborns What's in Ind

    has found that high particulate matter contributed to the deaths of more than
    116,000 Indian infants who did not survive their first month, according to a new
    global study, State of Global Air 2020 (SoGA 2020).

    More than half of these deaths were associated with outdoor PM2.5 and others
    were linked to use of solid fuels such as charcoal, wood, and animal dung for
    cooking.

    Long-term exposure to outdoor and household air pollution contributed to over


    1.67 million annual deaths from stroke, heart attack, diabetes, lung cancer, chronic
    lung diseases, and neonatal diseases, in India in 2019.

    In infants, most deaths were related to complications from low birth weight and
    preterm birth. Overall, air pollution is now the biggest risk factor for death among
    others, according to the SoGA 2020 report.

    The report was published on Wednesday by Health Effects Institute (HEI1), an


    independent, nonprofit research institute funded jointly by the U.S. Environmental
    Protection Agency and others.

    This report comes as COVID-19 — an infection that puts people with heart and lung
    disease at high risk of death — has claimed more than 110,000 lives in India.
    Although the link between air pollution and COVID-19 is not completely established,
    there is clear evidence linking air pollution and increased heart and lung disease.
    There is growing concern that exposure to high levels of air pollution during winter
    months in South Asian countries and East Asia could exacerbate the effects of
    COVID-19.

    “Addressing impacts of air pollution on adverse pregnancy outcomes and newborn


    health is really important for low- and middle-income countries, not only because
    of the high prevalence of low birth weight, preterm birth, and child growth deficits
    but because it allows the design of strategic interventions that can be directed at
    these vulnerable groups,” said Dr. Kalpana Balakrishnan, an air pollution and
    health expert who was not involved with the study.
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