4 ms·

It seems like everyone has become an expert on tire particulates over the last five years. You can't read a thread about EVs without hearing about it. But NOx e

• dahfizz 4y ago
  With particulate sensors becoming a cool new toy, I think a lot of people have the misconception that all particulate matter is the same (because that is all they can measure, so they focus on that one number). They don't stop to think whether the particles themselves are water droplets, poisonous chemicals, or something in between. I've had people tell me that campfire smoke is more deadly than cigarette smoke, because the campfire has more particles.
• legulere 4y ago
  Your study is only about asthma and bronchitis This study estimates that the disability adjusted life years lost by PM2.5 are orders of magnitude higher than from NO2: https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/pdf/10.1289/ehp.1104035 https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/doi/pdf/10.1289/ehp.1104035 see figure 3 I'm fully agreeing that electric cars reduce pollution, I also ordered one myself. But they do not fully solve the pollution problem and reducing our dependency on cars is the most effective way to reduce negative effects.