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September 25, 2023
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August 30, 2023
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August 30, 2023
via International Business Times
People can lose more than 5 years of their lives due to air pollution: study
A new study has made some frightening revelations about the harmful impact of air pollution on people living in South Asian countries. It said that increasing air pollution can cut life expectancy by more than five years per person in the region.
In the News
August 29, 2023
via AFP
Air pollution greatest global threat to human health, says benchmark study
Air pollution is more dangerous to the health of the average person on planet Earth than smoking or alcohol, with the threat worsening in its global epicenter South Asia even as China fast improves, a study showed Tuesday. Yet the level of funding set aside to confront the challenge is a fraction of the amount earmarked for fighting infectious diseases, said the research from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).
In the News
August 29, 2023
Polluted Air Shortens Human Lifespans More Than Tobacco, Study Finds
Cigarette smoking and other uses of tobacco shave an average of 2.2 years off lifespans globally. But merely breathing—if the air is polluted—is more damaging to human health, according to a new report by the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute.
In the News
August 29, 2023
via The Hill
Sustained exposure to wildfire smoke reducing life expectancy in parts of California: report
Twenty of the nation’s top 30 most polluted counties in 2021 were located in California, according to new data released by the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) of the University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute.
In the News
August 29, 2023
via Reuters
Asia, Africa bear brunt of pollution health burden – research
Around three quarters of the adverse health effects of air pollution is concentrated in just six countries - Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, China, Nigeria and Indonesia, the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) said in its annual Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report.
AQLI News
August 29, 2023
Air Pollution and its Threat to Health are Unequally Spread Throughout the World, and so are the Opportunities to Combat it
Particulate air pollution remains the world’s greatest external risk to human health, but most of its impact on global life expectancy is concentrated in just six countries. At the same time, the countries that are currently most impacted by air pollution lack the fundamental tools that have facilitated previous improvements in air quality.
In the News
August 25, 2023
via TIME
As the President Coughs, Are Indonesian Authorities Finally Taking Pollution Seriously?
Residents of Indonesia are expected to lose 5.5 years of life expectancy, according to the University of Chicago’s Air Quality Life Index, due to the air quality falling short of WHO guidelines.
In the News
August 22, 2023
via Mongabay
Jakarta snags ‘most polluted’ title as air quality plunges and officials dither
According to a 2022 report by Air Quality Life Index (AQLI), developed by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), air pollution slashes three to four years off Jakarta citizens’ life expectancy.
In the News
August 16, 2023