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The Alarming Rise of India's Pay-to-Breathe Industry
09 Mar 2023 | Abstracted from Wired/UK
"As the state's solutions to pollution fail, the need for expensive air purifiers is driving a new kind of inequality.
". A 2022 report by the Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air think tank found that 'almost the entire population of India' is exposed to air pollution above the guidelines set by the World Health Organization...breathing air in India's capital is equivalent to 50 cigarettes a day during Diwali...and 10 cigarettes a day during the winter."
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