Wealth certainly matters: per-head income is highly correlated with the ESI'S rankings.
The mortality impact study, by the Institute of Occupational Medicine, arranged the concentration of fine particular matter per cubic metre into a table.
The WHO deems 25 micrograms of such matter per cubic metre of air to be an achievable and acceptable level.
For the past 11 years, the records compiled by Dr. David Morris, head of the Central Park Observatory, show an average content of 1.22 tons of extraneous matter per cubic mile of N.Y.
However, POET would first have to overcome technical hurdles in scaling up its production from the current pilot project, which processes one ton of plant matter per day, to a plant capable of processing 700 tons of biomass a day.
Charbroiled burgers emit 33 pounds of particulate matter per 1,000 pounds of meat cooked, he noted, so a typical 1/3-pound patty would emit five grams of particles before hitting a diner's palate.
A cow in America or Europe eats 75-300kg of hay and other dry matter per kilo of protein; in Africa, which has the largest number of traditional pastoralists, she needs 500kg or more.
For every additional 100 micrograms of particulate matter per cubic meter above the average pollution levels in the south, the life expectancy at birth drops by three years, the researchers found.
A well-fed, healthy adult Canada goose can produce up to one and a half pounds of fecal matter per day, according to the Virginia Cooperative Extension Web site.
Diets were fed individually, twice daily at a rate of 10.9 kg of dry matter per cow.
