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And how do they square the circle that with the deindustrialisation and move to central heating that those particulates production are at a century low in many western countries yet seem to be more deadly than ever.


This is what I cannot fathom.

I was born the 70's, played outside for all my childhood amidst all the leaded petrol and sulphur dioxide, I handled leaded petrol for a job at a petrol station for solid three years and I lived in dense urban town from childhood until today.

Everything seems to be way lower than it ever has been:

[1]: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-po...

[2]: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-po...

[3]: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-po...

[4]: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/emissions-of-air-po...

So why is everything framed as being more deadly now than it was given the all time lows?


Explicitly mentioned:

"Moreover, the study revealed that while daily levels of PM2.5 have reduced in Europe and North America over the past two decades..."


> So why is everything framed as being more deadly now than it was given the all time lows?

Because it's a false predicate for the war on the car and the removal of personal agency in urban areas - a war being waged at multiple levels of government in the UK in particular.




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