#ULEZ trending, so here are some air pollution facts:
For every 10 microgram per cubic meter (µg/m³) of increased exposure to PM2.5, the risk of dying from any cancer rises by 22 percent.
birmingham.ac.uk/news/2016/expo…
Almost everyone in the UK is breathing dangerous levels of air pollution
#ULEZ
theguardian.com/environment/20…
But that's not to say air pollution is distributed evenly.
For those opposing #ULEZ, ask yourselves:
Is it fair that people who can’t afford a car are the same people whose health is most affected by toxic fumes from traffic?
“The more fine particulate matter pollution you are exposed to, the more likely you are to die from cardiopulmonary disease or lung cancer.”
#ULEZ
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8179653/
For every PM2.5 increase of 10 microgram per cubic meter of air, the risks of all cause, cardiopulmonary, and lung cancer rise by 4, 6 and 8% respectively.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…
The more a city cleans up its air, the longer the life expectancy of its inhabitants.
Which is a pretty big argument in favour of #ULEZ
nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…
Is the #ULEZ fair? Yes.
It's correcting a massively underacknowledged social injustice:
That the most vulnerable and marginalized people in society are disproportionately forced to breathe air that devastates their health.
urbanhealth.org.uk/insights/opini…
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