Pollution the cause of more than one of four early deaths in India

Pollution a cause of more than one of four early deaths  in India

BPS calls upon pensioners to rise to the occasion to wage war against pollution by educating younger generation

Indians are the worst affected by environmental pollution in the world.

Environmental pollution from filthy air to contaminated water is killing more people every year than all war and violence in the world- more than smoking, hunger or natural disasters, more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.

One out of every six premature deaths in the world in 2015 about 9 million could be attributed to disease from toxic exposure, according to a major study released on Thursday (19.10.17) in the Lancet medical journal. Asia and Africa are the regions putting the most people at risk, the study found, while India tops the list of individual countries.
In the most severely affected countries pollution is responsible for more than one in four deaths, the report said- PTI

BPS calls upon its MOU partners affiliates, Associates &members to rise to the occasion to wage war against pollution by educating younger generation

S C Maheshwar

Secy Genl BPS

{Former Divisional Engineer C Rly-BSL Division}