Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found.
One out of every four premature deaths in India was attributed to pollution. China's environment was the second deadliest, with more than 1.8 million premature deaths, or one in five, blamed on pollution-related illness, the study found.
Several other countries such Bangladesh, Pakistan, North Korea, South Sudan and Haiti also see nearly a fifth of their premature deaths caused by pollution.
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