By Kristina Marusic – Environmental Health News
Air pollution takes 2.2 years off global average life expectancy, according to a report published today.
This impact on global life expectancy is comparable to the impact of smoking, six times higher than that of HIV/AIDS, more than three times that of alcohol use and unsafe water, and 89 times that of conflict and terrorism, according to the Air Quality Life Index report, produced by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.
