India's Air pollution the World's Unhealthiest, Study Says

[davidson]

February 05, 2012

India has unhealthiest air in the world, a new study says, confirming the fear that air quality was getting worse because of urbanisation. Of the 132 countries ranked by scientists at Yale and Columbia Universities for the Environment Performance Index (EPI) 2012, India ranks dead last on the parameter - Air (effects on human health) - much behind neighbours such as China, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh.

Even Bangladesh had a score of 13.66 as compared to India's 3.71. "It (the study) tells us that we are heading towards environmental hell to achieve high economic growth," said Anumita Roy Chowdhury, executive director of the Centre for Science and Environment.

Not just air pollution, the study listed India among world's worst environment performers with a rank of 125, down from 119 it held two years ago.

Air in India among the world's most deadly - Hindustan Times

 

[davidson]

Not just air pollution, the study listed India among world's worst environment performers with a rank of 125, down from 119 it held two years ago.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

2012 Environmental Performance Index

 

[IndoUS]

This is one thing I don't get about the west and I get really pi$$ed when they tells us to cut down on the pollution. They are bunch of hypocrites, when these countries were going through their industrial revolution they were doing the same things and yet when someone else does it they preach us that we are doing wrong.

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

This is one thing I don't get about the west and I get really pi$$ed when they tells us to cut down on the pollution. They are bunch of hypocrites, when these countries were going through their industrial revolution they were doing the same things and yet when someone else does it they preach us that we are doing wrong.

Carbon emission is only part of the Environment pollution, i'll admit the West should lead by example in this issue.

However currently the EPI is based on many factors

 

[IndoUS]

Carbon emission is only part of the Environment pollution, i'll admit the West should lead by example in this issue.

However currently the EPI is based on many factors

Plus if you ask them to share technology on reducing emissions they decline to that too. So I don't what they want the developing countries to do, its not like we are going to cut out growth. If they want something then they should be willing to share. Otherwise we should go by our own pace and try to develop technology on reducing emission as we go.

 

[Omar1984]

India's air the worst in the world, study says