"In as few as 40 years, the average could drop from 100 to only 70. Then, half the world population would be unemployable. Few, if any, would be able to graduate from college. Society as we know it would be 
impossible. The cause appears to be air pollution, based on many studies, including data from the World Health Organization."

Over the years I've read an enormous number of idiotic assertions in the Register Guard. 
This one makes the top 10 list.