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New Delhi drowns in environmental pollution

BMJ 2019; 367 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l6378 (Published 05 November 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;367:l6378

Opinion

Emergency measures alone won’t stop New Delhi from choking

  1. Tom Moberly
  1. The BMJ
Reuters/Adnan Abidi

A public health emergency has been declared in New Delhi by authorities concerned at record levels of air pollution. All crop stubble burning in India has been banned, and car use has been rationed after pollution was recorded at around 20 times higher than considered safe by …

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