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Coal's Hidden Toll: How India's Power Plants Are Killing 124,000 People a Year

An IIT Delhi study quantifies what epidemiologists have long suspected: sulfur dioxide from India's coal fleet is a public health emergency of the first order. The study finds that installing existing emission controls could prevent over 124,000 deaths annually.

Ingrid Solheim · Monexus Science desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·7 May 2026·Live on the wire ↗
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This publication covered the IIT Delhi study from a public-health and energy-policy angle. The Indian Express, which first reported the findings, framed the story primarily in terms of regulatory delay and political accountability. This article foregrounds the mortality quantification and the structural economics of the retrofit problem, reflecting the science desk's emphasis on epidemiological specificity and policy instrument analysis.

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