An interactive graphic developed by EPIC shows how many more years people could live if their countries complied with the World Health Organization's air quality standards.
Air pollution caused by coal-fired winter heating has slashed life expectancy in the north by more than three years compared with the south, according to a recent study by the University of Chicago (EPIC).
If India reduced its air pollution to comply with the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) air quality standards, points out an IndiaSpend report, its people could live about four years longer on average, the Air Quality-Life Index (AQLI) released on 12 September by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago shows.