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India’s countryside offers no refuge from filthy air

The cities in India are notorious for their polluted air, but the air outside cities is just as dirty.
An Indian farm labourer burns paddy stubble in a field on the outskirts of Amritsar, India.

Burning of field stubble contributes to the pervasive air pollution in rural districts of India. Credit: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty

Residents of rural India are exposed to just as much harmful outdoor air pollution as their city-dwelling counterparts are.

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Nature 587, 179 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03078-7

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