Analysis

November 20, 2017

via Forbes

Delhi’s Deadly Air: How India Is Falling Short On Fighting Pollution

Santosh Harish, associate director-research at EPIC-India, examines India's struggles to reduce air pollution while citing data from AQLI.

In the News

November 13, 2017

via Gulf News

Toxic smog shrouding New Delhi draws attention

Gulf News cites EPIC Director Michael Greenstone on the impact of air pollution on life expectancy.

In the News

November 13, 2017

via The Indian Express

There is something in the air

The Indian Express references EPIC's AQLI tool that shows the relationship between reducing air pollution and increasing life expectancy.

November 12, 2017

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Delhi’s air pollution is triggering a health crisis

The concentration of the most dangerous particulates in the air - the microscopic PM2.5 particles that can travel deep into your lungs and damage them - has climbed to more than 700 micrograms per cubic metre in parts of Delhi. Air Quality Index (AQI) recordings have consistently hit the maximum of 999.

October 27, 2017

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Breathing is hazardous to health

Kathmandu’s poor air quality has become so serious that with the onset of winter there is growing public outrage about its health implications. Findings released this week by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago add further proof that air pollution is emerging as the world’s single largest environmental health threat – and Asian countries are most at risk.

October 25, 2017

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China Shutters Factories, Sends Out Inspection Teams in Renewed Fight Against Smog

A recent University of Chicago study found that residents of northern China can expect to lose three years from their lifespan compared with compatriots in the south, where there is less heavy industry and central heating.

October 25, 2017

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‘Better air quality can lengthen your lifespan’

If India reduced its air pollution to comply with the WHO air quality standard, its people could live about four years longer on average, or a combined more than 4.7 billion life years. This is as per projections of the Air Quality-Life Index (AQLI) brought out by the Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) at the University of Chicago.

September 23, 2017

via India Samvad

दिल्ली की हवा को प्रदूषण मुक्त किया जाए तो 9 साल बढ़ सकती है लोगों की उम्र : रिपोर्ट

In the News

September 17, 2017

via Deccan Chronicles

Faulty pollution norms cut people’s life span in Hyderabad

The Deccan Chronicle references findings from EPIC's Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) tool, which calculates how air pollution affects life expectancy by location.

September 15, 2017

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People in Smog-Hit Northern China Die Three Years Younger: Study

Co-author Michael Greenstone, who heads the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, said particulates are "the greatest current environmental risk to human health, with the impact on life expectancy in many parts of the world similar to the effects of every man, woman, and child smoking cigarettes for several decades."