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Air pollution directly linked to increased dementia risk

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275 points rntn | 1 comments | 07 Sep 25 13:13 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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bamboozled ◴[07 Sep 25 13:58 UTC] No.45158197[source]▶
I've heard the argument made that it's better to stop burning fossil fuel, even if you're a climate change denier for reasons like this.

Even if you think climate change is a hoax, why not reduce pollution anyway?

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1. Hilift ◴[07 Sep 25 17:21 UTC] No.45160159[source]▶
It is being reduced where you think it should be. There is now a more serious threat from uncontrollable methane emissions. Landfills can turn into a slushee that accelerates methane ouptput. And landfills can catch fire, such as the Chiquita Canyon landfill in Val Verde, California (90 acres). 58% of uncontrolled methane is from food decay, and is increasing.

https://www.epa.gov/land-research/quantifying-methane-emissi...

Quantifying methane emissions from United States landfills https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adi7735