Baby Born Today Will Live 1 Year & 8 Months Less

Bad quality air kills approximately a million people per year, academics and experts spend a lot of time discussing abstract concepts like air quality index and economic efficiency.

The combustion of fossil fuels is the primary source of air pollution. The most significant contributions are fossil-fuel-powered vehicles (cars, trucks, airplanes, ships, and other similar vehicles) and coal- or oil-burning power plants and industries.

HEI’s Global Health program has released two new special reports that provide detailed data on air quality for every country in the world.

The report revealed that no country in the world meets the new annual guideline of 5µg/m3 for ambient PM2.5 and fewer than half of the world’s countries meet the least stringent interim target of 35µg/m3.

As per HEI, in 2019, air pollution was the fourth leading cause of death, responsible for nearly 7 million deaths around the world.

HEI also predicts that the baby born today will live 1 year and 8 months less.

Due to the critical air pollution levels, the world is losing 1 out of 9 lives to bad air quality.

How does the air quality index compare to other indices? A scale of 0 to 500 represents the AQI.

AQI values above 50 indicate higher levels of air pollution and more significant health risks.

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