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[|Delhi's Deadly Air: How India Is Falling Short On Fighting Pollution] Source: Forbes Date Published: November 20th 2017 Date Accessed: December 15th 2017 __**Summary:**__ This article shows how Delhi and other parts of India are among the most polluted in the world, and how India needs to change its outdated environmental regulations in order to reduce industrial pollution. Delhi is currently experiencing dense smog in the city where the pollution levels have been between 10 and 40 times the World Health Organizations recommended pollution level. The pollution is a very serious health risk as particulate matter pollution caused 4.2 million early in 2015-2016 which is more then other deadly diseases such as malaria, HIV, and tuberculosis combined. The smog in Delhi is said to have various causes such as: industrial plants, biomass burns, vehicles, and dust generated from construction or traffic on poorly constructed roads. They also say that if Delhi could bring the pollution down to national standards, the average life expectancy would increase by 6 years. The article also shows that the pollution is not just in Delhi, and is in many other Indian cities. Ten of the most polluted cities in the world are from India. Environmental regulations in India are outdated and need to be changed, and the author recommends that India have emissions trading regimes or monetary fines in order to reduce pollution.

__**How this relates to the course:**__ The main topic of the article relates to smog and pollution. "However, Industrial smog is a problem in industrialized urban areas of China, India, Ukraine, and some eastern European countries, where large quantities of coal are burned with inadequate pollution controls."(Miller 477) Industrial smog is an environmental issue and is the main topic of this article where Delhi has a lot of industrial smog which is having a harmful impact on the citizens of Delhi. Air Pollution is the presence of one or more chemicals in the atmosphere in quantities and duration that causes harm to humans, other forms of life and materials." (Miller 473) Air pollution relates to the article because Delhi and other Indian cities have a lot of air pollution and the article discusses the negative impacts and how the Indian government has let this happen and should change to stop it.

__**Opinion**__ I think the smog and pollution in India is terrible and needs to be fixed. The people in Delhi and other Indian cities should be able to breathe without becoming sick or facing premature death. The Indian government needs to do something to change this, because if there are 10 cities which are among the highest polluted, then something is very wrong and regulations need to be changed and be more strict.

__**Environmental Law:**__ This article relates to the Clean Air Act of 1963 which set standards for pollution emissions. This relates to the article because the air in Delhi is very polluted and the Indian government needs to set more regulations regarding industrial pollution. (Source: The Indian Express)