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This Is Your Brain on Pollution (Ep. 472 Update)

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How Does Air Pollution Affect Life Expectancy?

Michael greenstone says air pollution is the greatest single threat to human health on the planet. Seven million people die every year from exposure to fine particles in polluted air. The economic costs of pollution are also massive, one estimate puts it at nearly three trillion dollars a year. We have offshored so much of our manufacturing and the pollution that goes with it.

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