Follow BeltwayBlips on TwitterA First: Researchers Say They Have Linked Cleaner Air to Longer Life
Published 1/22/2009 by Juliet Eilperin at Wash Post Federal Page
Reducing air pollution has extended average life expectancy by five months for urban residents in dozens of U.S. cities over the past two decades, researchers found.
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