𝐏𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐢𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐬 𝐠𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 Microscopic air pollution caused mostly by burning fossil fuels shortens lives worldwide by more than two years, researchers reported Tuesday. Across South Asia, the average person would live five years longer if levels of fine particulate matter met World Health Organization standards, according to a report from the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute. In the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, home to 300 million, crippling lung and heart disease caused by so-called PM2.5 pollution reduces life expectancy by eight years, and in the capital city of New Delhi by a decade. Readmore; https://phys.org/news/2022-06-polluted-air-global-life-years.html