'2015 Indonesia smog outbreak may have killed 1 lakh’
According to Harvard and Columbia University researchers, smog outbreak in Southeast Asia last year might have caused over 1 lakh premature deaths as against 19 deaths reported in Indonesia. Caused by the deliberate firing of Indonesian forests to clear land for agriculture, scientists claim the “killer haze” led to inhalation of fine particulate matter, leading to health problems like asthma.