#AirPollution has sent many people to an early grave

To paraphrase "Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP), coal & wood smoke pollution is ubiquitous
In today’s cities, towns & villages
& a major public health concern
resulting in premature death
& a wide spectrum of global diseases" https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819136-1.00003-6

'the invisible killer' https://theecologist.org/2018/nov/27/air-pollution-invisible-killer

#science #health #ClimateChange #TrafficPollution #FossilFuels #WoodSmoke #disease #money #greenwash

@mbonsma

I distinctly remember when the 405 freeway in Los Angeles was shut down to build a bridge over it. The newspapers predicted "carmaggaedon", but in practice nothing happened–lots of rerouteing, consolidation of trips, car pooling, and more: traffic evaporation indeed.

"For the City of Angels, Carmageddon — the closure of a 10-mi. segment of major north-south freeway I-405 — was pretty much a non-event in terms of the catastrophic traffic issues and gridlock predicted last weekend."
https://www.fleetowner.com/news/article/21677744/carmageddon-was-stuck-in-the-breakdown-lane

And: "Rather than creating chaos, the first closure greatly reduced traffic congestion. Most people chose to cancel trips rather than to reschedule them, but the reductions in travel diminished over the course of the weekend closure as people learned that congestion levels were far below the dire forecasts."
https://www.accessmagazine.org/spring-2014/carmageddon-los-angeles-sizzle-fizzle/

What it do is reduce air pollution very significantly:

"UCLA also did a study on air quality and air pollution during the 2011 Carmageddon. What they found is an immediate drop in the really really bad particulate matter -- the kind of pollution that is directly attributed to cars"
https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/how-to-alleviate-las-congested-freeways-2019-08-06/remembering-when-the-405-freeway-was-shut-down

#TrafficEvaporation #Carmaggaedon #LosAngeles #Freeway405 #TrafficPollution

Referenced link: https://phys.org/news/2023-04-systematic-air-pollution-strong-link.html
Discuss on https://discu.eu/q/https://phys.org/news/2023-04-systematic-air-pollution-strong-link.html

Originally posted by Phys.org / @physorg_com: http://nitter.platypush.tech/physorg_com/status/1649405130658177024#m

Systematic review of studies on #airpollution shows strong link between #trafficpollution and increased death rates https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0160412023001897 https://phys.org/news/2023-04-systematic-air-pollution-strong-link.html

I suppose everyone could start wearing respirators everywhere. I feel like it’d be unpleasant, but I have been wanting our cyberpunk dystopia to better fit the genre’s aesthetic.

#AirPollution #TrafficPollution #Exhaust #pollution #Brain #Health #Degrowth

https://freethoughtblogs.com/oceanoxia/2023/01/29/common-levels-of-traffic-pollution-impair-human-brain-function/