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Upper panel a: How ラーメンベット 出金 銀行 shortens human life expectancy around the world. Lower panel b: Gains in life expectancy that could be reached by meeting World Health Organization guidelines for air quality around the world.
This is the first time that data on ラーメンベット 出金 銀行 and lifespan has been studied together in order to examine the global variations in how they affect overall life expectancy.
The researchers looked at outdoor ラーメンベット 出金 銀行 from particulate matter (PM) smaller than 2.5 microns. These fine particles can enter deep into the lungs, and breathing PM2.5 is associated with increased risk of heart attacks, strokes, respiratory diseases and cancer. PM2.5 ラーメンベット 出金 銀行 comes from power plants, cars and trucks, fires, agriculture and industrial emissions.
Led by Joshua Apte in the ラーメンベット 禁止ゲーム of ラーメンベット 出金 銀行 at The University of Texas at Austin, the team used data from the Global Burden of Disease Study to measure PM2.5 ラーメンベット 出金 銀行 exposure and its consequences in 185 countries. They then quantified the national impact on life expectancy for each individual country as well as on a global scale.
The findings were published Aug. 22 in Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
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In the context of other significant phenomena negatively affecting human survival rates, Apte said this is a big number.
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Apte believes this discovery is especially important for the context it provides.
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The study was funded through the Center for ラーメンベット 出金 銀行, Climate, and Energy Solutions, an interdisciplinary research collaboration supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Apte was joined in this study by colleagues from University of British Columbia, Imperial College London, Brigham Young University and the Health Effects Institute.
