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Re:London girl could be first to have “air pollution” listed... by alexandercrohde on Saturday May 04, 2019 @01:02PM (#19827698)
Actually, to clarify, I believe this type of pollution is very easily stoppable at the source. There are basic "particulate filters" that could catch almost all of this pollution, and I don't believe there is any reason that they couldn't be standardized on all busses, cars, coal-power plants.

CO2 is something entirely different.

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Re:London girl could be first to have “air pollution” listed... by Brakenshire on Saturday May 04, 2019 @03:25PM (#19828651)
I think lung problems are actually more strongly linked to Nitrogen Dioxide pollution, although particulate pollution is still an issue.

Particulate filters I think are required to be fitted for the last 10 years or so, the problem is they require frequent high speed travel to function properly, and people have routinely removed them.

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