New Delhi, Nov. 17 -- We are in the midst of peak pollution in the Indo-Gangetic plain in India. We often talk about the sources of pollution, but rarely about what this pollution actually contains. This might be the time to revisit an under discussed 2023 study by Japanese scientist Eriko Yamazaki and others about India's road dust. The researchers studied 79 road dust samples. The results are ominous: the dust carries forever chemicals. These chemicals are among the most dangerous substances we know. They do not break down; instead, they mimic our hormones and can lead to cancers, thyroid problems, immune suppression and several other diseases that often cannot even be clearly identified or traced. The researchers collected road dust from...