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Status of Particulate Matter Pollution in India: A Review

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Particulate matter has been implicated in various respiratory, cardiopulmonary diseases, and even cancer. Many Indian cities find place among the world’s worst polluted cities. Rapidly growing Indian cities have high concentration of particulates which is attributed to automobiles, industries, biomass burning, and resuspension of road dust. In most cases, this concentration even exceeds the permissible limits set up by the regulatory agencies. High particulate concentration would make particularly the urban population vulnerable to various forms of respiratory diseases. The problem of particulate pollution is more complicated by location meteorology and seasonal variation making some locations like Delhi a pollution chamber. Therefore, cleaner air should be India’s focus for economic growth with regard to benefits of longer lives and fewer incidences of PM-related sickness. Better pollutant monitoring systems, public awareness regarding the adverse effects of PM, efficient vehicle engines, use of cleaner fuels, etc. would go a long way in mitigating the harmful effects of particulates.

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Kaushik, G., Chel, A., Patil, S., Chaturvedi, S. (2019). Status of Particulate Matter Pollution in India: A Review. In: Hussain, C. (eds) Handbook of Environmental Materials Management. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73645-7_78

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