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A study on the extent of global air pollution

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Re: A study on the extent of global air pollution

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And how do they square the circle that with the deindustrialisation and move to central heating that those particulates production are at a century low in many western countries yet seem to be more deadly than ever.

This is what I cannot fathom. I was born the 70's, played outside for all my childhood amidst all the leaded petrol and sulphur dioxide, I handled leaded petrol for a job at a petrol station for solid three years and I lived in dense urban town from childhood until today. Everything seems to be way lower than it ever has been: [1]: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-po... [2]: https://www.gov.u…

> So why is everything framed as being more deadly now than it was given the all time lows?

Because it's a false predicate for the war on the car and the removal of personal agency in urban areas - a war being waged at multiple levels of government in the UK in particular.

Re: A study on the extent of global air pollution

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Just the people living in Greenland, Lapland and the Antarctic scientists probably passes 70 thousand. Unless they include people breathing in smoke from their wood fires as they roast their wild venison or salmon.

What makes you think the people living in Greenland, and Lapland aren't doing anything with diesel engines or industry? Wikipedia says Greenland's main industries are "fish processing, and oil, gold, niobium, tantalite, uranium, iron, and diamond mining".

Good point. I thought the fresh ocean winds would dilute those, though probably most of that takes place in closed environments.
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