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| Author: | pcernie [ Thu Oct 17, 2013 3:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Air Pollution 'Leading Cause of Cancer' |
http://news.sky.com/story/1155754/air-p ... -of-cancer |
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| Author: | cloaked_wolf [ Thu Oct 17, 2013 7:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Air Pollution 'Leading Cause of Cancer' |
To be honest, although I'm not convineced, certainly we're seeing higher rates of cancer and I don't know why. Air pollution may be one factor but not the only cause. |
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| Author: | l3v1ck [ Thu Oct 17, 2013 8:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Air Pollution 'Leading Cause of Cancer' |
I'm dubious. There used to be tonnes of smoke/smog etc in the air decades ago. Is the air quality really that much worse in the cities now? |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Thu Oct 17, 2013 9:39 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Air Pollution 'Leading Cause of Cancer' | |||||||||
I think it is down to the type of air pollution. There are microscopic particles called PM10 which are so small that they get into lungs very deeply and clog up the very smallest air sacs. Though how that can cause cancer I do not know. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD |
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| Author: | big_D [ Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:00 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Air Pollution 'Leading Cause of Cancer' |
I think Amnesia10 is probably right. It is the type of pollution, not smoke. Plus we produce a lot more than we did. Consumerism, especially for electronic goods means we produce millions of tonnes more than we did even just a decade ago, which also means a lot more chemical waste, a lot of it in aerosol from. |
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| Author: | JJW009 [ Fri Oct 18, 2013 9:32 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Air Pollution 'Leading Cause of Cancer' |
Also, they're talking world wide. China opens a new coal mine the size of Wales every ten seconds. |
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| Author: | Amnesia10 [ Fri Oct 18, 2013 4:28 pm ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Air Pollution 'Leading Cause of Cancer' | |||||||||
The vast proportion of that pollution is going to end up near the power stations that burn it in China. The Chinese are well aware of political crisis that they are imposing on themselves with the pollution. I suspect as health concerns spread that they will push renewables even more rapidly than they are now. |
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| Author: | paulzolo [ Mon Oct 21, 2013 11:00 am ] | |||||||||
| Post subject: | Re: Air Pollution 'Leading Cause of Cancer' | |||||||||
China is around 9,706,961 km squared Wales is around 20,761 km squared Wales is 1/467.5 the area of China. So it would not take too long for China to be just one big coal mine. About a week, I think? |
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