SLOW MURDER is a book on the deadly story of air pollution caused by vehicles

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THE BOOK THAT'S GOT EVERYBODY TALKING DIRTY POLITICS AND DIRTIER AIR

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• of the toxic chemical compounds you breathe in everyday

• how government and the automobile industry have conspired to dilute vehicle emission standards

• of the filth the Ministry of Petroleum and the Bureau of Indian Standards lets through in the fuel you use

• how poor metropolitan traffic management is in India

• 48.8% of all vehicles in India are to be found in Delhi, Mumbai and Calcutta

• By 2000 AD, 53 million cars will choke urban India

• 1,300 metric tonnes of pollutants are huffed into Delhi's skies everyday

• The automobile industry spends just 1.1% of its turnover on research and development

• Diesel emissions contain large volumes of a directly respirable pollutant called PM-10s and are assuming dangerous proportions in Mumbai. 1,90,000 children are suffering from bronchitis there

• Unleaded fuel is high on carcinogenic benzene. Benzene is not monitored in India

get to ask

• Why are profits and inaction more important than your health?

• Why are you being subjected to the harrassment of getting Pollution Under Control Certificates?

• Why have you been kept in absolute ignorance of all that goes to make your city a smogpit?

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CLEAN AIR

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