Air pollution and life expectancy

The World

A new study from the University of Chicago says that air pollution is the single greatest risk to human health around the world. The study suggests that can take as much as two years off of average life expectancy. Host Marco Werman speaks with Michael Greenstone, the lead author of the study.

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