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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: 0s | 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. julianeon ◴[02 Apr 25 06:11 UTC] No.43554062[source]▶
Pollutions impacts people across all age groups, including children and otherwise healthy adults. Many pollution deaths aren't inevitable near-term deaths.

Health effects include:

- Respiratory diseases developing in otherwise healthy people

- Cardiovascular damage at an early age affecting long-term health

- Developmental impacts on children with lifelong consequences

- Cancer and other conditions with substantial life-shortening effects