On: America’s Air Quality Worsens, Ending Years of Gains, Study Says

[CraigJPerry]

Dropping air pollution so significantly seems like something to celebrate- yet the first mention is when, presumably forest fires, have caused regression.

People are surviving longer and it’s not news worthy?

[DarthGhandi → CraigJPerry]

> People are surviving longer

Like expectancy in the US is dropping.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/09/us-life-expectancy-has-been-...

[RegularOpossum → DarthGhandi]

Still though as explained in that article it's more a factor of a increase in younger people dying young vs. the elderly not living as long.

[CraigJPerry → DarthGhandi]

The overall trend is down but less of that is attributable to air pollution than in years past.

In the context of the story, People are living longer.

[tapland → CraigJPerry]

The last few years I think it gets overshadowed by dropping life expectancy, and when life expectancy increases it probably gets bundled with dozens of other causes when it's reported on.

[jonstewart → CraigJPerry]

It’s certainly newsworthy when a good trend is replaced with a bad trend.