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Fri Feb 3, 2012, 02:26 PM Feb 2012

AFP - India's Air Quality Worst In The World - Ranks Dead Last AT #132 Among Countries Studied

India has the worst air quality in the world, beating even its neighbour China, according to an annual survey based at Yale and Columbia universities in the United States.

Of all the countries surveyed in the Environmental Performance Index (EPI), which measures the effects of polluted air on human health, India ranked the lowest at 132.

The study used satellite data to measure air pollution concentrations.

The level of fine particulate matter in India is nearly five times the limit where it becomes unsafe for humans, said the study released at the recent World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

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http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Indias_air_the_worst_says_study_999.html

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