In mid-January, the environmental group Greenpeace announced dramatic improvements in air quality across China. In 74 Chinese cities, measurements of PM2.5, the fine particles that have been a major contributor to the country’s choked skies, declined 35 percent from 2013 to 2017. In Beijing, PM2.5 fell 54 percent in the last quarter of 2017. And yet, Greenpeace also noted that
A new report revealed that particulate air pollution is much deadlier than alcohol and smoking and that it reduces global life expectancy by roughly two years. The situation comes as the threat is impossible to avoid unlike other global issues.