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Decommissioning coal plants & spinning up natural gas plants could hypothetically help with lung cancer too.
by ip26 7y ago
Decommissioning coal plants & spinning up natural gas plants could hypothetically help with lung cancer too.
- dwd 7y agoYou will see a lot less people dying from respiratory issues. For coal mine workers, stopping further damage to their lungs may reduce the chance of tumors developing in those damaged areas.
- ekianjo 7y agoThe most significant variable is newer treatments though because the benefit is so huge compared to previous gold standard treatments that this variable cannot be ignored.
- hinkley 7y agoLong term, sure. Short term, you'd be looking at the link between air quality levels and chronic diseases like COPD, asthma, and congestive heart failure. That might show up as an increase in the number of living people with these conditions.