Study: Air pollution cut northern China lifespans
Monday, July 8, 2013 - 20:00
in Earth & Climate
BEIJING (AP) -- A new study links heavy air pollution from coal burning to shorter lives in northern China. Researchers estimate that the half-billion people alive there in the 1990s will live an average of 5 1/2 years less than their southern counterparts because they breathed dirtier air....