Lower Air Pollution Means Longer Life

thefickler writes "A new study by the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) has found a strong link between air quality and life expectancy. The researchers looked at air pollution, deaths and census data for 51 metropolitan areas between 1978 and 2001, and what they found was a direct correlation between improving air quality and extending life expectancy. People lived about 2.72 years longer over that time span and at least 15 percent of that increased life expectancy was from a decrease in air pollution."

Comments

Re:Air quality is for socialists.

[flajann]

Just leave it to the government, it knows best: http://www.discussanything.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-69781.html

Yes, the government is truly your friend. The government always has your best interests at heart. The government would never do anything to harm you. You can trust the government. You need not worry. Government will tuck you in bed and say "Good Night".

The question is, of course, if you are able to wake up the next morning...

Shocking!

[dwhitaker]

This new, unexpected knowledge astounds me. I'm so glad they fund studies like this and the ones to determine why prisoners attempt to escape prison.

Re:Libertarians wish the problem away

[Beyond_GoodandEvil]

You hit the nail right on the head there. Libertarianism is another form of extremism, just like religious extremism.
Wow, that's quite a leap, you should be cast as the next superman. So how easy is life when you have such a simple philosphy that any -ism you don't like or understand == religious extremism.