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China's Air Pollution Significantly Shortening Lives of Those Exposed

2013-07-09 18:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature World News: China's high level of air pollution consisting of particulates produced by burning coal significantly shortens the lives of people exposed to it, according to a new study. The research is based on long-term data compiled for the first time and projects that the 500 million Chinese who live north of the Huai River are set to lose 2.5 billion years of life expectancy combined due to the extensive use of coal-to-power boilers for heating throughout the region. Meanwhile, using a quasi-experimental...

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