Study finds damage due to premature mortality from PM2.5 decreased >20% from 2008 to 2014

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By mmillikinOct 7, 2019, 5:00 am303 pts
In a new study of PM2.5-related damages, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford have found that, US-economy-wide, gross external damage (GED) due to premature mortality has decreased by more than 20% from 2008 to 2014. The paper is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

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