Indian minister says no study shows pollution shortens lifespan

NEW DELHI: Union minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday said no Indian study has shown any correlation between pollution and shortening of lifespan. "Let us not create a fear psychosis among people," he told Lok Sabha in response to a query about studies that life expectancy is coming down due to pollution.

During the Question Hour, the minister for environment, forest and climate change said Indian studies have not shown a correlation between shortening of life and pollution, foreign media reported.

Referring to studies indicating that pollution is reducing life expectancy, he also said such studies might not be based on first-generation data.