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Where does air pollution come from?

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233 points kamaraju | 1 comments | 02 Apr 25 04:25 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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johnthesecure ◴[02 Apr 25 05:54 UTC] No.43553996[source]▶
It's interesting to see the number of deaths caused by pollution. But everyone will die of something. Could it be that many of those people whose death was caused by pollution may have been frail and close to death anyway? I wonder if it would be more useful to talk about quality-life-years (QUALYs) lost as a result of pollution. Probably much harder to get that data though.
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1. hmottestad ◴[02 Apr 25 06:09 UTC] No.43554058[source]▶
Found this in an article linked to by this one:

   Exposure to air pollutants increases our risk of developing a range of diseases. These diseases fall into three major categories: cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, and cancers.

    It makes sense to think of these estimates as ‘avoidable deaths’ – they are the number of deaths that would be avoided if air pollution was reduced to levels that would not increase the risk of developing these lethal diseases.