Is environment paying the price for development?

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Data released by the World Health Organisation shows that of the 20 most polluted cities of the world, 13 are in India.
This report is based on the levels of particulate matter classified as PM2.5, i.e. particles suspended in the air that are less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. According to the WHO, "PM affects more people than any other pollutant."
The WHO factsheet on air quality and health, warns "Chronic exposure to particles contributes to the risk of developing cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, as well as of lung cancer".
Most Indians, however, seem have accepted that deforestation and air pollution are an inevitable outcome of a developing economy.
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It is clear that countries in North America and Europe as well as Australia, have managed to control their pollution levels while developing their economies GDP.
On the other hand, most developing countries in South East Asia and Africa are paying a high environmental price for development.

Is environment paying the price for development? - Rediff.com India News

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"The world is by piri (View MyPage) on Apr 29, 2015 12:57 PM increasingly becoming paranoid about what India might do with its abundant yet lightly tapped reserves of low quality coal along with its highly inefficient ways of burning it".......................................................an extract from the Lancet, British health magazine. With a billion plus population waiting to increase its electricity consumption multi-fold in order to become at least as *developed* as China and at the same time having a polity and administrative apparatus entirely unwilling to take big decisions to fight big time corruption and bring in transparent environment friendly methods of increasing power generation, India certainly is set to become global environment's biggest threat in the years to come. And this unfortunate reality is backed by the huge stupxidity of a 20 crore plus Indian middle class that imagines the nation can become as developed as the developed world without taking any of the pains that the latter have taken regarding fighting corruption, controlling population and increasing civic sense ! Is environment paying the price for development? - Rediff.com India News

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