Is Pollution Reducing Life Expectancy?

It is not just your eyes that are watering. Or the disgusting stench of smoke in the air. It is not just the breathing difficulties you face. Long-time exposure to air pollution kills you silently and this has been documented. Delhi-NCR's air quality on Monday continued in the "very poor" category as the region's average Air Quality Index (AQI) stayed above 350. Here is why an Air Quality Index of over 100 should alarm not just you but also wake political decision-makers from their slumber- It has gone way beyond worsening asthma and reducing lung capacity.