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It is official: India has the world's most toxic air.

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In a study by Yale and Columbia Universities, India holds the very last rank among 132 nations in terms of air quality with regard to its effect on human health.

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India scored a miniscule 3.73 out of a possible 100 points in the analysis, lagging far behind the next worst performer, Bangladesh, which scored 13.66. In fact, the entire South Asian region fares badly, with Nepal, Pakistan and China taking up the remaining spots in the bottom five of the rankings.

These rankings are part of a wider study to index the nations of the world in terms of their overall environmental performance. The Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy and Columbia's Center for International Earth Science Information Network have brought out the Environment Performance Index rankings every two years since 2006.

In the overall rankings — which takes 22 policy indicators into account — India fared minimally better, but still stuck in the last ten ranks along with environmental laggards such as Iraq, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. At the other end of the scale, the European nations of Switzerland, Latvia and Norway captured the top slots in the index.

India's performance over the last two years was relatively good in sectors such as forests, fisheries, biodiversity and climate change. However, in the case of water — both in terms of the ecosystem effects to water resources and the human health effects of water quality — the Indian performance is very poor.

The Index report was presented at the World Economic Forum currently taking place in Davos, where it's being pitched as a means to identify the leaders and the laggards on energy and environmental challenges prior to the iconic Rio+20 summit on sustainable development to be held in Brazil this June.

The Hindu : Sci-Tech / Energy & Environment : India has the most toxic air: Study
 
study depends on which areas were taken for sampling..for example if mumbai was taken then understandably it will be polluted..but if my city was taken then it will be relatively clean....

these kinda studies dont make sense in a huge and diverse country like india....
 
study depends on which areas were taken for sampling..for example if mumbai was taken then understandably it will be polluted..but if my city was taken then it will be relatively clean....

these kinda studies dont make sense in a huge and diverse country like india....

Dont think too much of it, as if the chinese can talk. their country is also polluted to a level where its not acceptable. Anything anti india they get a kick out of posting it and start the india bashin on it. there are many things we can whack on them as well lets start with this.

In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad
 
How can India, with such a feeble industrial sector, have worse air pollution than China?

Northern cities and Guangdong province have horrible air, but my home city is clean, same with Shanghai.
 
Dont think too much of it, as if the chinese can talk. their country is also polluted to a level where its not acceptable. Anything anti india they get a kick out of posting it and start the india bashin on it. there are many things we can whack on them as well lets start with this.

In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad

can you stop trolling this thread is about toxic air in india and dont bring china into every thread
 
Dont think too much of it, as if the chinese can talk. their country is also polluted to a level where its not acceptable. Anything anti india they get a kick out of posting it and start the india bashin on it. there are many things we can whack on them as well lets start with this.

In China, Human Costs Are Built Into an iPad

Yes, there are no industrial accidents in India or the US, only China ???

Bhopal makes an iPad factory look like a Sunday afternoon stroll in the park.
 
How can India, with such a feeble industrial sector, have worse air pollution than China?

Northern cities and Guangdong province have horrible air, but my home city is clean, same with Shanghai.

well said strange but true, they dont have an industry as large as china and yet their air quality is most toxic what is going on there?
 
How can India, with such a feeble industrial sector, have worse air pollution than China?

Northern cities and Guangdong province have horrible air, but my home city is clean, same with Shanghai.

Fair enough the last post was not a great reply, my apologies... but I have a few questions in regards to Shanghai's air quality this video shows otherwise the real state of Shanghai’s state correct me if I am wrong but what is going on here?


I agree India’s air quality and pollution is not that greatest figures in the world and if they are in this state then the GOI needs to take swift action as the health of our citizens are at risk.
 
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Fair enough the last post was not a great reply, my apologies... but I have a few questions in regards to Shanghai's air quality this video shows otherwise the real state of Shanghai’s state correct me if I am wrong but what is going on here?


I agree India’s air quality and pollution is not that greatest figures in the world and if they are in this state then the GOI needs to take swift action as the health of our citizens are at risk.

Air quality in beijing is the worse in the country may be even worse than mumbai
 
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well said strange but true, they dont have an industry as large as china and yet their air quality is most toxic what is going on there?

If you are not blind, check the image that Roy posted. Harmfulness to Human health is lot lower in India and that is what matters.
 

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