... Do you think maybe it's worth reading the whole article? > The air becomes cleaner in areas where the economy slumps. The researchers estimate that this cl

... Do you think maybe it's worth reading the whole article? > The air becomes cleaner in areas where the economy slumps. The researchers estimate that this cleaner air accounts for more than one-third of the mortality reduction. This may come as a surprise, because we are not accustomed to regarding air pollution as a problem for rich countries — the trope is that industrialising cities in Asia are smog-ridden, but that for America and Europe the only pollutant that need worry us is the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.