<story><title>Air pollution cancer breakthrough will rewrite the rules</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62797777</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gniv</author><text>&amp;gt; 99% of people in the world live in places where air pollution exceeds the WHO guidelines&lt;p&gt;Wow. I knew cities are polluted but this is extreme. In 50 years we might look at  pollution as we look at smoking now, a terrible self-inflicted wound on civilization that took way too long to acknowledge and fix.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>AtlasBarfed</author><text>This is why BEV adoption should result in a very large drop in cancer and other health problems.&lt;p&gt;EV drivers have told me after a bit of ownership, they see ICE cars as thoroughly filthy, loud, dirty, inefficient, and almost rude.&lt;p&gt;Our addiction to being able to drive places with but a mere tap of a gas pedal has blinded us to the devil&amp;#x27;s bargain of the ICE. I honestly think that a great deal of the instinctive hatred of cyclists is tied to how deeply the power and convenience and freedom of driving has ensconced itself into our subconscious.&lt;p&gt;We shall see, I guess.</text></comment>
<story><title>Air pollution cancer breakthrough will rewrite the rules</title><url>https://www.bbc.com/news/health-62797777</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>gniv</author><text>&amp;gt; 99% of people in the world live in places where air pollution exceeds the WHO guidelines&lt;p&gt;Wow. I knew cities are polluted but this is extreme. In 50 years we might look at  pollution as we look at smoking now, a terrible self-inflicted wound on civilization that took way too long to acknowledge and fix.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>DoingIsLearning</author><text>Don&amp;#x27;t forget the fraud of the whole Dieselgate scandal.&lt;p&gt;We were all getting excess NO2 pumped out of diesel engines. Effectively shortening all our lifespans.</text></comment>