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Lowering air pollution just a bit would increase life expectancy as much as eradicating lung and breast cancer

Posted by spit-evil-olive-tips
Tags: pollution.air, life expectancy, health, cancer.breast, cancer.lung, author.zoe schlanger, source.quartz, short read, paywall
https://qz.com/1367133/lowering-air-pollution-just-a-bit-would-increase-life-expectancy-as-much-as-eradicating-lung-and-breast-cancer/

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Title
Air pollution is so detrimental to health that it takes a year off average global life expectancy
Published
Aug 23 2018
Word count
389 words

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    spit-evil-olive-tips
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    This one hits close to home for me because I'm in Seattle and we've had terrible air quality recently due to so many wildfires, of exactly the type described here (PM2.5). I can't imagine living...

    This one hits close to home for me because I'm in Seattle and we've had terrible air quality recently due to so many wildfires, of exactly the type described here (PM2.5). I can't imagine living in it year-round.

    5 votes
    1. Catt
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      This hits really close to home for me too! My city's also covered in wildfire smoke. Can't even see the sun today. And the smokes been around long enough that it's starting to take a toll.

      This hits really close to home for me too! My city's also covered in wildfire smoke. Can't even see the sun today. And the smokes been around long enough that it's starting to take a toll.

      5 votes
  2. Treemo
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    There needs to be a small spot of colour in the northern Queensland area of Australia to represent John Plant of Primitive Technology's risk of PM2.5 intake. Poorly designed and/or run...

    There needs to be a small spot of colour in the northern Queensland area of Australia to represent John Plant of Primitive Technology's risk of PM2.5 intake.

    Poorly designed and/or run woodfires/stoves also represent significant pollution, wildfires not withstanding. There needs to be tighter regulation in more efficient and cleaner 'everything'. I was going to say 'woodstoves' or 'other forms of air pollution' but I think the science is clear, we really need to clean up every act.

    5 votes