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Ozone pollution in Delhi crosses permissible limit again

By : sustainabilityo..., Oct 9, 2015

Surface ozone pollution in Delhi has crossed the permissible limit, for the second time in a year, with experts blaming weak monsoon for the phenomenon.

Though the ozone layer limit in Mumbai and Pune has been in the permissible limits for the past two weeks, it is...

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Subject Tags: air pollution

VW’s emission rigging scandal puts spotlight on testing standards

By : sustainabilityo..., Sep 25, 2015

While the impact of Volkswagen’s emissions test rigging scandal in the US continues to reverberate through the global auto industry, amid fears that it could spiral into its LIBOR moment, the scandal is putting the spotlight on emission testing standards.

Campaigners...

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Cancer-causing benzene not part of air quality index

By : Sustainability ..., Nov 3, 2014

The air quality index (AQI) recently launched by the Centre doesn't monitor the quantity of benzene, a component of petrol or gasoline. Constant exposure to high levels of the carcinogen (a cancer-causing substance) may have serious long-term health effects. With benzene...

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