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Can you empirically show that Air Pollution in the US killed more people in 2015 than listeria in Blue Bell ice cream? Being good stewards of the Eart is impor

Can you empirically show that Air Pollution in the US killed more people in 2015 than listeria in Blue Bell ice cream? Being good stewards of the Eart is important, and as long as there are regulations and rules, there will be different attitudes to contend with. I consider air quality to be valuable, I genuinely do. I also think the entire annual production of all VW automobiles globally does less air quality "damage" than one season of wildfires in the western United States. Or a vocanic eruption.

SideburnsOfDoom 11y ago
> Can you empirically show that Air Pollution in the US killed more people in 2015 than listeria in Blue Bell ice cream? "empirically show" is a stupefyingly high standard for a comments thread. I assume that you are familiar with the scale of the problem for starter? e.g. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/air-pollution/en/ http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2014/air-pollut... http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/study-air-pollution-deaths-to-double-by-2050/57507/ http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/articles/study-air-pol... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26973783 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-26973783 It's a misdirection on your part anyway, comparing a knowingly harmful and deceptive like this to Some industrial accident is not valid: People die in accidents; this does stop murder being a thing.
- kamjam 11y ago
  If something really wants to be done about pollution from burning fossil fuels then bunker fuel may be a good place to start, that low grade crud burnt by shipping our wonderfully cheap crap from around the world... http://www.gizmag.com/shipping-pollution/11526/ http://www.gizmag.com/shipping-pollution/11526/