About 9 million people lost their lives owing to #Pollution-related diseases in 2019, according to a #NewGlobal report published on May 18. The death toll attributed to dirty air from cars, trucks and industry rising 55 since 2000. The Lancet Commission on Pollution and Health in its report mentioned that noxious air killed 1.67 million Indians in 2019, accounting for 18 of all fatalities.