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Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

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Re: Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Notably, most major cities have been building tons of housing (especially ‘affordable housing’) right next to highways, as it is the only areas that aren’t already built out with tons of high value houses. Surprise surprise.

It's a dumping ground for poor people.

It’s not like they do it on purpose rubbing hands

Re: Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

#42
completely anecdotal. my earliest childhood memories in india were of asthma, sinusitis and constant cold. this was consistent until i was 26 and since then I've moved to the US and lived in New York with 0 days of sinusitis or breathing trouble. and i fallback to trouble breathing when i go home again.

even New York is so much more better than Bangalore or my small village in the middle of coffee farms

Re: Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

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post #42

completely anecdotal. my earliest childhood memories in india were of asthma, sinusitis and constant cold. this was consistent until i was 26 and since then I've moved to the US and lived in New York with 0 days of sinusitis or breathing trouble. and i fallback to trouble breathing when i go home again. even New York is so much more better than Bangalore or my small village in the middle of coffee farms

Yes, pollution has both acute and chronic effects. What you describe here is an acute effect.

Re: Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

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I live in British Columbia so we have fairly good air quality. But with the yearly fires lately summer air some years is poor. So one year with the fires smoking and air quality getting poor I got an air purifier for my kids room and the living room. It is only anecdotal but right away if felt like he had better sleeps. The smoke wasn't thick as it was from fires hundreds of miles away and it wasn't like any of us were hacking or coughing crazy but in hindsight I felt that my young son who would have been effected the most slept better and his breathing at night seemed quieter and easier.

Re: Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

#48

Using scientists being "stunned" should take the same amount of relevance as someone being "slammed" in article titles.

Sounds like an announcement of the latest AI news from Wes Roth. I'm surprised the Professor wasn't "shocked"

Re: Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

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post #42

completely anecdotal. my earliest childhood memories in india were of asthma, sinusitis and constant cold. this was consistent until i was 26 and since then I've moved to the US and lived in New York with 0 days of sinusitis or breathing trouble. and i fallback to trouble breathing when i go home again. even New York is so much more better than Bangalore or my small village in the middle of coffee farms

I just made a comment about having good air quality but with summer fires we were getting smoke for weeks at a time so I got an air purifier. My kid wasn't struggling horribly but I did notice right away after putting one in his room that he slept better and his breathing seemed so much more relaxed at night and it just felt like it made a noticeable improvement to me.

Re: Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone

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post #29
post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a direct quote from one of the scientists: '"I was absolutely stunned when I first saw the results," Prof Chris Griffiths, a senior author on the study, at Queen Mary University of London, told the BBC."'

The BBC should have put it in quotes in the headline; I kept the HN title faithful to the original article.

I agree. Though they did at least put it in quotes in the first sentence, which I hope doesn't indicate how far people are generally getting through an article before commenting on it on Hacker News.
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