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A new study released Wednesday by researchers at the University of Chicago showed that air pollution is cutting short the average global citizen's life by more than two years, with people in parts of the world dying as many as eight years earlier than they would without exposure to pollution.
"The combustion of the same fossil fuels that releases life-threatening air pollution also involves the release of greenhouse gases that increase the odds of disruptive climate change."
--AQLI
\u201cThis is very worrying data. We need to move quicker on greening our cities to decrease air pollution and save lives. Air pollution has a bigger impact on life expectancy than smoking \u2026 https://t.co/H1oUZZMrrU\u201d— Dr. Kwame McKenzie (@Dr. Kwame McKenzie) 1630498587
The health discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa has centered on infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. About 10% of health expenditures in the region go towards combating HIV/AIDS or malaria. However, a comparison shows that particulate pollution's impact on life expectancy is no less serious. In Nigeria, air pollution is second only to HIV/AIDS in terms of its impact on life expectancy--shaving off more years than malaria and water and sanitation concerns. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is second only to malaria. In Ghana, it ranks as the deadliest of these threats, while in Cote d'Ivoire it shortens life by about the same amount as those communicable diseases.
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A new study released Wednesday by researchers at the University of Chicago showed that air pollution is cutting short the average global citizen's life by more than two years, with people in parts of the world dying as many as eight years earlier than they would without exposure to pollution.
"The combustion of the same fossil fuels that releases life-threatening air pollution also involves the release of greenhouse gases that increase the odds of disruptive climate change."
--AQLI
\u201cThis is very worrying data. We need to move quicker on greening our cities to decrease air pollution and save lives. Air pollution has a bigger impact on life expectancy than smoking \u2026 https://t.co/H1oUZZMrrU\u201d— Dr. Kwame McKenzie (@Dr. Kwame McKenzie) 1630498587
The health discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa has centered on infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. About 10% of health expenditures in the region go towards combating HIV/AIDS or malaria. However, a comparison shows that particulate pollution's impact on life expectancy is no less serious. In Nigeria, air pollution is second only to HIV/AIDS in terms of its impact on life expectancy--shaving off more years than malaria and water and sanitation concerns. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is second only to malaria. In Ghana, it ranks as the deadliest of these threats, while in Cote d'Ivoire it shortens life by about the same amount as those communicable diseases.
A new study released Wednesday by researchers at the University of Chicago showed that air pollution is cutting short the average global citizen's life by more than two years, with people in parts of the world dying as many as eight years earlier than they would without exposure to pollution.
"The combustion of the same fossil fuels that releases life-threatening air pollution also involves the release of greenhouse gases that increase the odds of disruptive climate change."
--AQLI
\u201cThis is very worrying data. We need to move quicker on greening our cities to decrease air pollution and save lives. Air pollution has a bigger impact on life expectancy than smoking \u2026 https://t.co/H1oUZZMrrU\u201d— Dr. Kwame McKenzie (@Dr. Kwame McKenzie) 1630498587
The health discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa has centered on infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and malaria. About 10% of health expenditures in the region go towards combating HIV/AIDS or malaria. However, a comparison shows that particulate pollution's impact on life expectancy is no less serious. In Nigeria, air pollution is second only to HIV/AIDS in terms of its impact on life expectancy--shaving off more years than malaria and water and sanitation concerns. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, it is second only to malaria. In Ghana, it ranks as the deadliest of these threats, while in Cote d'Ivoire it shortens life by about the same amount as those communicable diseases.