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November 19, 2018
India is the world’s second most polluted country, slightly trailing only Nepal, the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) said on Monday.
Particulate pollution is so severe that it shortens the average Indian’s life expectancy by more than four years relative to what it would be if the World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines were met.
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Seventy-five per cent of the global population, or 5.5 billion people, live in areas where particulate pollution exceeds the WHO guideline. The AQLI reveals that India and China, which make up 36 per cent of the world’s population, account for 73 per cent of all years of life lost due to particulate pollution. On average, people in India would live 4.3 years longer if their country met the WHO guideline, expanding the average life expectancy at birth there from 69 to 73 years. In the US, about a third of the population lives in areas not in compliance with the WHO guideline.
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