Life Expectancies Are Decreasing In An Alarming Rate Due To Air Pollution
According to the study released last week, life expectancies of American woman are now shorter than what it was in 1980. This is mainly due to air pollution
Genetic and Life style related issues are the two main factors that affects the longevity. Life style issues includes -the foods people are eating, how often they exercise, and the environments they live in etc. “The very air people are breathing, exposure to the smog for 24 hours or less , are some related issues that mainly affect the longevity” and it has been confirmed by the National Research Council for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Research was evaluated with the number of emergency room visits and hospital admissions on days with high ozone levels, and a link was distinctly observed between smog exposure and mortality specially among the elderly residents and those suffering from previously contracted illnesses.
This research was enough for the Environmental Protection Agency. The exposure to the ozone is leading us to the premature death. The ozone not only affects the human life style directly but it is also changing us genetically. This study was addressed for small exposure. National Academy of Sciences called for more research on, how this ozone exposure is decreasing the life expectancy.
However EPA has already been criticized for not adopting stricter federal smog standards to the degree recommended by its own scientific advisory committee last month. While it did set new stricter standards at 75 parts per billion, it still fell short of the recommended standard of 60 to 70 parts per billion.
This phenomenon is specially seen in American Woman, but not in other parts of the world. This generation of American women will be the first to live shorter lives than their parents. This is mainly due to the fact that, life shortening factors are now seems to be lurking everywhere, which was absent at the time of their parents.
Some factors are uncontrollable these days, such as one’s genetics. And it is the responsibility of the individuals on a local, state and national level to maintain healthy life style. Because the life style of a human being, not only affects themselves but also affects his or her generation in all level.
Source: The Morning Call
