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Why your environment matters

Why it matters

Fine-particle air pollution measurably shortens life: in US cities, cleaner air was linked to about seven months of added life expectancy [1], and in eight European cohorts mortality rose even below current EU pollution limits [2]. Sun exposure in childhood raises melanoma risk later [3].

Sources

  1. [1]Pope CA 3rd, Ezzati M, Dockery DW, N Engl J Med 2009 Evidence: Very low
  2. [2]Strak et al., BMJ 2021 Evidence: High
  3. [3]Whiteman DC, Whiteman CA, Green AC, Cancer Causes Control 2001 Evidence: Low

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