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Dirty air biggest external threat to human health, worse than tobacco or alcohol, major study finds

Por: CBS News Politics August 29, 2023

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Air pollution is more dangerous to the health of the average person on planet Earth than smoking or alcohol, with the threat worsening in its global epicenter South Asia even as China quickly improves, . Yet the level of funding set aside to confront the challenge is a fraction of the amount earmarked for fighting infectious diseases, said the research from the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC). Its annual Air Quality... + full article



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