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发帖数: 143 | 1 金融时报称：中国北方人由于污染比南方人平均寿命少5年半！
太吓人了，那么北方人会不会为了多活5年半举家南迁？
https://www.ft.com/content/eed7c0be-e7ca-11e2-9aad-00144feabdc0
China’s air pollution has cut life expectancy by an average of 5.5 years in
the north of the country and caused higher rates of lung cancer, heart
attacks and strokes, according to a groundbreaking study.
The worsening toxic smog in northern China became an issue of national
concern after air pollution spiked to record levels in Beijing in January,
prompting worried citizens to stock up on air filters and face masks.
Pollution domes, which provide filtered air for sports activities, are also
increasingly common.
But the body of scientific research on the health impact is slim because
there is little historical precedent for prolonged exposure to such high
levels of air pollution.
Using decades of pollution data from across China, the new study, co-
authored by professors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US,
Tsinghua University and Peking University in Beijing, and the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, calculates that air pollution in the north caused
the loss of 2.5bn years of aggregate human life expectancy during the 1990s.
“This is the first time anyone has got the data to show how severe long-
term pollution affects human health, both in terms of life expectancy and
the types of disease,” said Li Hongbin, an economics professor at Tsinghua
University and a co-author of the study.
“It shows how high the cost of pollution is in terms of human life – and
that it is worth it for the government to spend more money to solve the
pollution issue, even if we have to sacrifice growth.”
Mr Li estimates the shorter life expectancy identified by the study in
northern China is equivalent to reducing the workforce there by one-eighth.
China’s breakneck economic development during the past three decades has
been accompanied by the widespread degradation of air, soil and water.
Environmental worries are now a growing source of social unrest and public
protest, particularly because of health concerns. In response, Beijing has
tightened environmental laws and regulations but these efforts have so far
had little impact in reversing decades of damage.
The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the
prestigious US journal, compares populations north and south of the Huai
River, which runs through central China. Air pollution is much worse north
of the river because of a government policy to distribute free coal for
heating in winter. | w***u
发帖数: 17713 | 2 污染厉害的河北山西不知道，但是我大海南已经是东北四省不可分割的一部分。 | c******g
发帖数: 4889 | 3 这是好事，北京的环境再这样恶劣下去，搞得不好要迁都南方。 | A*********n
发帖数: 143 | 4 说得很中肯很在理，一针见血
【在 c******g 的大作中提到】
: 这是好事，北京的环境再这样恶劣下去，搞得不好要迁都南方。
| A*********n
发帖数: 143 | 5 金融时报称：中国北方人由于污染比南方人平均寿命少5年半！
太吓人了，那么北方人会不会为了多活5年半举家南迁？
https://www.ft.com/content/eed7c0be-e7ca-11e2-9aad-00144feabdc0
China’s air pollution has cut life expectancy by an average of 5.5 years in
the north of the country and caused higher rates of lung cancer, heart
attacks and strokes, according to a groundbreaking study.
The worsening toxic smog in northern China became an issue of national
concern after air pollution spiked to record levels in Beijing in January,
prompting worried citizens to stock up on air filters and face masks.
Pollution domes, which provide filtered air for sports activities, are also
increasingly common.
But the body of scientific research on the health impact is slim because
there is little historical precedent for prolonged exposure to such high
levels of air pollution.
Using decades of pollution data from across China, the new study, co-
authored by professors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US,
Tsinghua University and Peking University in Beijing, and the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem, calculates that air pollution in the north caused
the loss of 2.5bn years of aggregate human life expectancy during the 1990s.
“This is the first time anyone has got the data to show how severe long-
term pollution affects human health, both in terms of life expectancy and
the types of disease,” said Li Hongbin, an economics professor at Tsinghua
University and a co-author of the study.
“It shows how high the cost of pollution is in terms of human life – and
that it is worth it for the government to spend more money to solve the
pollution issue, even if we have to sacrifice growth.”
Mr Li estimates the shorter life expectancy identified by the study in
northern China is equivalent to reducing the workforce there by one-eighth.
China’s breakneck economic development during the past three decades has
been accompanied by the widespread degradation of air, soil and water.
Environmental worries are now a growing source of social unrest and public
protest, particularly because of health concerns. In response, Beijing has
tightened environmental laws and regulations but these efforts have so far
had little impact in reversing decades of damage.
The study, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the
prestigious US journal, compares populations north and south of the Huai
River, which runs through central China. Air pollution is much worse north
of the river because of a government policy to distribute free coal for
heating in winter. | w***u
发帖数: 17713 | 6 污染厉害的河北山西不知道，但是我大海南已经是东北四省不可分割的一部分。 | c******g
发帖数: 4889 | 7 这是好事，北京的环境再这样恶劣下去，搞得不好要迁都南方。 | A*********n
发帖数: 143 | 8 说得很中肯很在理，一针见血
【在 c******g 的大作中提到】
: 这是好事，北京的环境再这样恶劣下去，搞得不好要迁都南方。
| h**c
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