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Bangalore ranks second in the list of cities with highest air pollution levels in India
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| DNA India , Tuesday, May 05, 2015 |
| Correspondent
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| Bangalore has ranked second in the list of most polluted cities in India as far as air pollution is concerned, as per a survey. The Garden City has 14% of school-going children suffering because of air pollution. While New Delhi is at the first position at 21%, Mumbai is in the third place at 13% and Kolkata is in the fourth place with 9% of school-going children suffering due to air pollution.
While the lung health screening test (LHST) results were ‘poor’ for 14% of the students, 22% were detected to be in the ‘bad’ category. According to the surveyreleased by Breathe Blue’15, about 35% students in the entire country fared ‘badly’ in the LHST, indicating poor air quality across India. The lung health of around 2,000 students aged between 8 and 12 years was screened for this purpose.
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http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-bangalore-ranks-second-in-the-list-of-cities-with-highest-air-pollution-levels-in-india-2083209 |
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