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I am curious to know this comparison as well. I moved across town two years ago, into an expensive house (it's not a nice house, just an expensive house) that'
by wonder_er 4y ago
I am curious to know this comparison as well.
I moved across town two years ago, into an expensive house (it's not a nice house, just an expensive house) that's directly adjacent to a road with lots of traffic, and I think every day about air quality now.
I also started riding a motor scooter around Denver (and across the country to British Columbia, then to Seattle, and back) and I wonder about protecting myself from road pollution while riding, especially in rush hour in cities.
I wonder if an n95 would improve things for me, and I wonder how much damage I'm doing to myself by breathing vehicle pollution (emissions, brake dust, tire rubber micro-plastics), eg: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/03/car-tyres-produce-more-particle-pollution-than-exhausts-tests-show https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/03/car-tyre...
I'm 33, I'm already resigned to not-great long-term health outcomes based on environmental contaminants in food and the air.
I avoid most meat (that gets me out of the factory farmed meat harm universe) and avoid most processed food, and am generally "healthy and active", but I despair of the world, for many reasons.
Ugggghhhhhhhh.
- landemva 4y agoDenver geography traps bad air into the occasional brown cloud. Get higher.
- bombcar 4y agoGet some N95s and wear them for a few days, then look at how dirty they are. Unscientific, but it'll tell you a bit. Much of emissions may not be caught, but those are relatively "clean" now, brake dust and tire rubber falls to the ground relatively quickly (unless it's being kicked back up by the vehicles). You can get various air quality meters, too.
- thegjp210 4y agoI'm sincerely curious as to what long-term health outcomes you ascribe to environmental contaminants in the food and air. Could you elaborate?
- manmal 4y agoThere was an article here on HN recently that linked air pollution to cancer via inflammation.