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Re:17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduce... by johnzim on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:30PM (#28505177)
I had a similar situation with London. Ironically I moved to California as the new annual fires started.
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Re:17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduce... by seanmcdirmid on Sunday September 12, 2021 @05:59PM (#28505423)
California was much worse in the 70s/early 80s, where it wasn't forest fires but car exhaust and power plants causing dirty air. A lot of my older friends who grew up in the two big California metro areas have asthma. They cleaned up the air by the late 80s, but now forest fire season is a huge problem instead.
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Re:17B life years could be saved if air pollution was reduce... by DenisM on Sunday September 12, 2021 @06:48PM (#28505755)
I highly recommend N95 masks against forest fires from personal experience.
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