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November 19, 2018
If air pollution levels in the Capital adhered to World Health Organization (WHO) standards, a typical Delhiite would live 10 years longer, a report released by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute on Monday stated.
The report, titled “Introducing the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI)”, said the average Indian would live 4.3 years longer if the country’s air quality met the WHO standards, which are more stringent than that of the Indian government. In comparison, the average resident of Beijing and Los Angeles would lose six years and one year respectively due to high pollution, the report also said.
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“The AQLI reveals that the average person on the planet is losing 1.8 years of life expectancy due to particulate pollution exceeding the WHO guideline — more than devastating communicable diseases like tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, behavioural killers like cigarette smoking, and even war,” the report read.
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