In the News
November 21, 2018
Air pollution has now overtaken HIV/AIDS, direct cigarette smoking and even war as the top killers in the world.
According to research by the University of Chicago, constantly breathing tiny particles from polluted air is capable of reducing life by two years.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) as of 2016 revealed that Kenya’s life expectancy stood at 67 years which could be threatened by air pollution.
In other more polluted economies such as India, however, breathing can reduce an individual’s life expectancy by up to 11 years.
The University’s Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), a website designed to tell how many life expectancy years are threatened based on location, aims at promoting policies for a cleaner environment.