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I'm really curious how many diseases will mysteriously become a lot less common once we stop driving ICE vehicles and perhaps cycle and use public transit more.
by adrianN 6y ago
I'm really curious how many diseases will mysteriously become a lot less common once we stop driving ICE vehicles and perhaps cycle and use public transit more.
- ArkanExplorer 6y agoAnd once we stop burning coal... and once we stop coating all our food packaging, clothes and furniture in PFAS... and once we ban all single-use plastics... These kind of tweaks to our society would not require a lot of technical effort - we already have all the alternatives - we just the popular rage against their use and the political will to ban them.
- dijit 6y agoBPA plastics are linked with a decrease in testosterone which lasts multiple generations. BPA plastics are found nearly everywhere. https://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12958-018-0447-6 https://rbej.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12958-018-0... But the GPs comment is still correct. I wonder what will change with the removal of ICE vehicles from public roads.
- goodpoint 6y agoFrom the paper: "It has been estimated that levels of conjugates of BPA in urine are above safety thresholds in 90% of individuals tested in several population studies"
- DrAwdeOccarim 6y agoTire wear and brake pad dust are also a big 2.5PM problem. Regenerative braking helps a lot, but just moving to non-ICE won't completely solve the problem.
- adrianN 6y agoPersonally I hope for a future where most people don't need cars, or don't need them as often.