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International experts are warning that potentially lethal air pollution has boomed in fast-growing big cities in Asia and South America in recent decades.
Newborn babies who are exposed to air pollution in the womb breathe faster to pump more oxygen into their lungs, a new study has found.
India is the third biggest emitter of carbon dioxide in the world, with state-owned NTPC topping the list of companies belching the deadly gas, according to new data released by a Washington-based the Center for Global Development.- Beijing residents enjoyed the novelty of congestion-free streets on Sunday as the city launched strict driving curbs to rein its notorious air pollution and traffic for the Olympics.
Kolkata has upstaged Delhi as the air pollution capital of India, accounting for more deaths due to lung cancer and heart attack than the capital city.
It's not just your lungs that are at risk from air pollution - a new study has linked this modern menace to the formation of blood clots as well.

