{"id":14881,"date":"2021-03-16T00:43:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-15T16:43:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/?p=14881"},"modified":"2021-05-10T16:53:53","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T08:53:53","slug":"120000-deaths-in-india-due-to-air-pollution-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/120000-deaths-in-india-due-to-air-pollution-in-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"120,000 Deaths in India Due to Air Pollution in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Air pollution kills hundreds of people in India every day. Due pollution being a &#8220;silent&#8221; killer, most do not even grasp how much pollution affects our health. As per WHO research <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weforum.org\/agenda\/2016\/09\/92-of-the-world-s-population-lives-in-areas-with-unsafe-air-pollution-levels-this-interactive-map-shows-just-how-bad-the-problem-is\/\">over 92% of people in the world is breathing unsafe air<\/a> with high air pollution levels. Statistics regarding deaths from air pollution are staggering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of the <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/25-most-polluted-cities-world-2020-rankings\/\">25 most polluted cities in the world<\/a>, 7 are located in India. Most of the Indian cities have average air quality many times above the WHO recommended healthy limit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\">WATCH: Top 5 Most Polluted cities in the World (2020 Rankings)<\/h3>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube  lyte-align aligncenter\"><div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Top 5 Most Polluted Cities in the World (2020 Rankings)\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe hidef\" id=\"WYL_dstGNrEKm2o\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><div><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FdstGNrEKm2o%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" \/><meta itemprop=\"embedURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dstGNrEKm2o\" \/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT3M6S\" \/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2021-03-14T08:03:48Z\" \/><\/div><div id=\"lyte_dstGNrEKm2o\" data-src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FdstGNrEKm2o%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\" itemprop=\"name\">Top 5 Most Polluted Cities in the World (2020 Rankings)<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dstGNrEKm2o\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-youtube-lyte\/lyteCache.php?origThumbUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FdstGNrEKm2o%2F0.jpg\" alt=\"Top 5 Most Polluted Cities in the World (2020 Rankings)\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"Which cities had the most polluted air? We analysed 2020 air pollution data from 540 major cities in the world and narrowed down to top 5 in this video! Rankings for 25 Most Polluted Cities in 2020: \ud83d\udc49 https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/25-most-polluted-cities-world-2020-rankings\/ Smart Air is a social enterprise dedicated to helping people protect themselves from the harms of air pollution through education and low-cost purifiers. \u2022 Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/SmartAirFilters \u2022 LinkedIn: https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/smar... \u2022 Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/smartairfilters \u2022 Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/SmartAirFilters \u2022 Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/smartairfilters\/ \u2022 Volunteer: https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/volunteer-at-smart-air\/ \u2022 Shop: https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/shop\/ For business enquiries, email us directly at info@smartairfilters.com.\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><br\/><span class=\"lyte_disclaimer\">Subscribe to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/smartairfilters?sub_confirmation=1\">Smart Air on YouTube<\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/images\/smartair_youtube.ico\" alt=\"Smart Air Youtube\"\/><\/span><\/div><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/map2.jpg\" alt=\"Global Air Pollution Map\" class=\"wp-image-13273\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the latest Greenpeace Southeast Asia Analysis, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/southeastasia\/press\/44319\/pm2-5-air-pollution-behind-an-estimated-160000-deaths-in-world-5-biggest-cities-in-2020\/\">over 120,000 people died in India <\/a>due to air pollution. Famous for its air pollution, the PM2.5 air pollution claimed approximately 54,000 lives in Delhi in 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Air Pollution Deaths in India for 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Air-Pollution-Impact-in-Indian-Cities-2020.png\" alt=\"Indian Air Pollution\" class=\"wp-image-14884\" width=\"570\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Air-Pollution-Impact-in-Indian-Cities-2020.png 891w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Air-Pollution-Impact-in-Indian-Cities-2020-600x424.png 600w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Air-Pollution-Impact-in-Indian-Cities-2020-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Air-Pollution-Impact-in-Indian-Cities-2020-768x543.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 570px) 100vw, 570px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The impact of air pollution is severe in other major Indian cities. In 2020, an estimated 25,000 deaths were attributed due to air pollution in Mumbai. Deteriorating air quality in Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Lucknow led to an estimated 12000, 11000, 11000, and 6700 deaths respectively. Despite an <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/covid-19-slashes-pm2-5-in-indias-6-biggest-cities\/\">improvement in the air quality due to the lockdown<\/a>, air pollution continues to be a serious problem in all the major Indian cities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">City<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Estimated Deaths<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Delhi<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">54,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Mumbai<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">25,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Bangalore<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">12,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Chennai<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Hyderabad<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">11,000<\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">Lucknow<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">6,700<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><figcaption>Estimated number of deaths by air pollution in Indian cities, 2020<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"gb-headline gb-headline-b279f8a8 gb-headline-text\">Air Pollution Doesn\u2019t Kill Like We Think It Does<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are various pollutants (both particles and gases) that can be found in the air. One of the most commonly tracked pollutants are very small, fine particles called PM2.5. These small pollutants are under 2.5 micrograms in width and considered to be one of the more <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/35-college-students-purifier-health-effects\/\">dangerous pollutants<\/a> due to their ability to enter deep into the lungs and bloodstream. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.-hair-1024x715.jpg\" alt=\"PM2.5 India\" class=\"wp-image-8023\" width=\"515\" height=\"358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.-hair-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/1.-hair-768x536.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When the World Health Organization tallied up air pollution deaths per year, they found that lung cancer only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/en\/news-room\/fact-sheets\/detail\/ambient-(outdoor)-air-quality-and-health\">accounted for 14%<\/a>. Other lung problems like bronchitis were another 14%. So, what\u2019s the other 72%\u2014the large majority of air pollution deaths? Heart attacks and strokes. It comes from that <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/smog-air-pollution-kills-deaths\">war air pollution plays in our heart and blood vessels<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image.png\" alt=\"Air pollution kills\" class=\"wp-image-15543\" width=\"679\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image.png 991w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-600x328.png 600w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-300x164.png 300w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/image-768x419.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 679px) 100vw, 679px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How I Protect Myself<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the harms of PM2.5, studies have found that <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/masks-for-coronavirus-may-be-lowering-blood-pressure-for-millions\/\">wearing masks prevents physiological harm<\/a> to the body. Also using air purifiers in your home have been shown to have <a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/35-college-students-purifier-health-effects\/\">positive effects on blood pressure, inflammation, and immune response<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smart Air is a certified B Corp committed to combating the myths big companies use to inflate the price of clean air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smart Air provides&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/data\">empirically backed<\/a>, no-nonsense purifiers and masks, that remove the same particles as the big companies for a fraction of the cost. Only corporations benefit when clean air is a luxury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/product\/sqair-air-purifier\/\">Check out the Sqair!<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/product\/sqair-air-purifier\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"299\" src=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-29-at-6.09.45-PM-600x299.png\" alt=\"Sqair Air Purifier\" class=\"wp-image-12465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-29-at-6.09.45-PM-600x299.png 600w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-29-at-6.09.45-PM-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-29-at-6.09.45-PM-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-29-at-6.09.45-PM-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-29-at-6.09.45-PM-1536x764.png 1536w, https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Screen-Shot-2020-10-29-at-6.09.45-PM.png 2038w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air pollution kills hundreds of people in India every day. Due pollution being a &#8220;silent&#8221; killer, most do not even grasp how much pollution affects our health. As per WHO research over 92% of people in the world is breathing unsafe air with high air pollution levels. Statistics regarding deaths &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"120,000 Deaths in India Due to Air Pollution in 2020\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/blog\/120000-deaths-in-india-due-to-air-pollution-in-2020\/#more-14881\" aria-label=\"Read more about 120,000 Deaths in India Due to Air Pollution in 2020\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2882,"featured_media":14885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17,384,260,386],"tags":[272,225,269],"class_list":["post-14881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-air-pollution","category-delhi","category-air-pollution-health-effects","category-india","tag-air-pollution","tag-health","tag-india","resize-featured-image"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2882"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14881"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14881\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16631,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14881\/revisions\/16631"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smartairfilters.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}