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Nearly 2 in 5 Americans breathe unhealthy air. Why it’s getting …

WEBA rising number of Americans — nearly 2 in 5 — has been living with unhealthy levels of air pollution, while the United States experienced a record number of …

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New Index finds air pollution reduces global life …

WEBFossil fuel-driven particulate air pollution cuts global average life expectancy by 1.8 years per person, according to a new pollution index and accompanying report …

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Particulate Pollution is the Greatest Threat to Human …

WEBMeasured in terms of life expectancy, particulate pollution is consistently the world’s greatest risk to human health, according to a report by EPIC’s Air Quality Life …

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New Index finds air pollution reduces global life expectancy by

WEBGlobally, the AQLI reveals that particulate pollution reduces average life expectancy by 1.8 years, making it the greatest global threat to human health.

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Meeting Tightened U.S. Pollution Standard Would Save …

WEBThe latest data from the Air Quality Life Index shows that if this tightened standard is met across the country, 6.6 million more total life years would be saved …

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Research Explained: Hydraulic Fracturing and Infant Health

WEBThis study of the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on infant health follows a study by Greenstone, Currie and other colleagues, on its local economic benefits. That …

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Air pollution greatest global threat to human health, says …

WEBvia AFP. 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 …

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Polluted Air Shortens Human Lifespans More Than Tobacco, Study …

WEBCigarette 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 …

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Air Pollution is as Much of a Threat as Communicable Diseases in …

WEBLife Expectancy Impacts of Particulate Pollution and Other Health Threats in the Four Most Populous Countries in West Africa. The health focus in Sub-Saharan …

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Fracking Has Its Costs And Benefits -- The Trick Is Balancing Them

WEBOn the benefits side, fracking increases economic activity, employment, income and housing prices. But, it also brings more truck traffic, increases in crime and …

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Will sucking carbon from air ever really help tackle climate change

WEBFor the DAC industry, the race is on to cut removal costs before government subsidies and corporate budgets run dry. Operators are hoping that by scaling up the …

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Air Pollution Cuts Life Expectancy by More Than Two Years, Study …

WEBReuters covers the release of the AQLI's 2022 Annual Report. Chronic air pollution cuts average global life expectancy by more than two years per person, a study published on …

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China has Quickly and Sharply Reduced Pollution Since Enacting

WEBFrom 2013 to 2020, particulate pollution in China declined by 39.6 percent, adding about 2 years onto average life expectancy, assuming these reductions are …

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From ‘Airpocalypse’ to Olympic Blue: China’s Air Quality …

WEBAround that time, China’s smog reached a crisis point — its air pollution hit dangerous levels, with frequent episodes of what came to be known as an …

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Lancet Study: Pollution Killed 2.3 Million Indians in 2019

WEBThe latest Lancet Commission on pollution and health report blamed pollution for nine million – or about one in six – deaths globally. It said India – where bad …

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Hydraulic Fracturing Decreases Infant Health, Study Finds

WEBThe study, released today in the journal Science Advances, finds infants born to mothers living up to about 2 miles (3 kilometers) from a hydraulic fracturing site …

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Institute of Politics (IOP): Fellow Heather McGhee “Inside New …

WEBIn the spring of 2019, an unlikely coalition of labor unions, renters, environmentalists, civil rights organizations and students won one of the nation’s most sweeping laws to …

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