Air Pollution is Shaving A Year Off Our Average Life Expectancy

Studies show that due to the amount of pollution on Earth, it can start to decrease our average life expectancy by a year. In regions like Asia and Africa, life expectancy is being decreased by 1.5 years. In many other places around the world, air pollution is also taking off a few months of life of every citizen.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/air-pollution-shaving-year-our-average-life-expectancy

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2018 at 5:11 AM

    Wow, this is crazy. I can't believe that even after these studies and statistics, many people continue to ignore this growing problem. If the life expectancy is being decreased by 1.5 years in Africa, I would imagine it is shaving off even more years in more developed nations such as the United States and China.

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