India, Feb. 12 -- Air pollution and higher particulate matter 2.5 concentrations in ambient air originating from fossil fuel combustion caused 2.5 million premature deaths in India in 2018, according to a new research.

While other studies, including the Global Burden of Disease report, quantifies the health impacts of PM 2.5, the recent research demarcates between PM2.5 pollutants generated via fossil fuel combustion and those from dust and biogenically sourced particles.

This, according to researchers, is a fresh set of multiplying evidence against usage of fossil fuels.

The study, published in journal Environmental Research on February 9, was conducted by researchers from Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University, U...