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Ozone pollution in India kills crops that could feed starving population
2014-09-10 16:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: In one year, India's ozone pollution damaged millions of tons of the country's major crops, causing losses of more than a billion dollars and destroying enough food to feed tens of millions of people living below the poverty line. These are findings of a new study that looked at the agricultural effects in 2005 of high concentrations of ground-level ozone, a plant-damaging pollutant formed by emissions from vehicles, cooking stoves and other sources. Able to acquire accurate crop production data...
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