Why Winter Brings Deadly Smog to India’s Capital

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Millions of Indians are breathing in the world’s most toxic air. Each winter, thick smog envelops the capital of New Delhi and numerous cities across the dusty and densely populated North Indian plains. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, the leader of the metropolis that’s home to 20 million people, called New Delhi a “gas chamber.” An estimated 1.1 million people died as a result of air pollution in India in 2015, according to the non-profit Health Effects Institute. The air has since gotten worse

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