In the News
November 19, 2018
Fossil fuel-driven particulate air pollution cuts global average life expectancy by 1.8 years per person, according to a new pollution index, the air quality life index (AQLI), and a report by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).
Air quality in India’s capital city, Delhi, is among the most deadly in the country. Pollution concentrations there averaged 113 micrograms per cubic meter in 2016, reducing life expectancy by more than 10 years for the typical resident.
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Greenstone said, “My colleagues and I developed the AQLI, where the ‘L’ stands for ‘life,’ to address these shortcomings. It takes particulate air pollution concentrations and converts them into perhaps the most important metric that exists — life expectancy.”
According to the report, the results from these studies are then combined with hyper-localised, global particulate matter measurements, yielding unprecedented insight into the true cost of air pollution in communities around the world.
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