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Annual Air Quality Life Index
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- The University of Chicago’s Energy Policy Institute has released the annual Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) report.
- It said that the current air pollution’s status as a significant threat to global human health.
- The report demonstrates that adopting WHO guidelines on fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) could extend life expectancy by 2.3 years globally.
- It may lead to the preservation of 17.8 billion life-years.
- The most pronounced impact on life expectancy is witnessed in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, China, Nigeria, and Indonesia.
- These 6 countries are the epicentres of air pollution’s toll on life expectancy.
- These nations experience losses of between one and over six years of life due to the polluted air their citizens breathe.
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