bripat9643
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Though I wouldn't qualify as a tree hugger, I do have a daughter who has been hospitalized with severe asthma attacks which resulted from air pollution. That's right, air pollution threatens by daughters life.
I so glad you folks are so grown up and think this whole thing is a fucking joke.
Air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the U.S.
29 August, 2013
This graphic shows the annual average concentrations of fine particulates from U.S. sources of combustion emissions from (a) electric power generation; (b) industry; (c) commercial and residential sources; (d) road transportation; (e) marine transportation; (f) rail transportation; (g) sum of all combustion sources; (h) all sources.
Researchers from MITs Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have come out with some sobering new data on air pollutions impact on Americans health.
The group tracked ground-level emissions from sources such as industrial smokestacks, vehicle tailpipes, marine and rail operations, and commercial and residential heating throughout the United States, and found that such air pollution causes about 200,000 early deaths each year. Emissions from road transportation are the most significant contributor, causing 53,000 premature deaths, followed closely by power generation, with 52,000.
Air pollution causes 200,000 early deaths each year in the U.S. | MIT Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment
You know, I think that there is likely a basis for serious lawsuit if someone in the car that gets dusted with this action were to have an asthma attack immediatly following the dusting. The idiot with the 'funny bone' might well find themselves much poorer after their day in court.
The chances of that occurring are about 10 trillion to one.