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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hereme888 ◴[07 Sep 25 14:33 UTC] No.45158490[source]▶

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I'm on that boat. Though no one denies that the climate changes (but rather argue the about degree of human contribution and climate warming), destroying the beauty of nature and polluting the environment should go against global human conscience.

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1. Krssst ◴[07 Sep 25 17:23 UTC] No.45160187[source]▶

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> destroying the beauty of nature and polluting the environment should go against global human conscience.

I don't think beauty has anything to do with it. Climate change has very negative concrete effects on human civilization that justify the effort we should put (but don't) into limiting it. Generally pollution is nocive to human health which is why we strive to avoid it too.

I think talking about "beauty" moves the debate away from rational arguments. The reason we do all this is to preserve a world where humans can have comfortable lives, without additional health risks adding up and with enough access to necessities (food, water, shelter, breathable air compatible with human survival (never too long above 35C wet-bulb)).

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