twitters on the Clean Air Act, expanded lifespans and Mexico City pollution twitter.com/jackddeal
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wonder how many years is lopped of a lifespan of the average Chilango breathing that really foul air? stay tuned for a new study, for sure | |
so if particulate reduction extends lifespan, by reverse logic particulate increases must do the opposite...no? | |
Mexico Cilty urbanites or "Chilangos" used to make fun of us who lived out in the country or "la provincia"...guess who's making fun now? | |
and all is covered with a gray soot or what must be particulates...it's sort of depressing...there are hardly ever any clear days anymore | |
we were only there one day but I got my usual bloody nose, itchy eyes and beginning signs of a sore throat | |
you might shake your head but my my figures there may be 40 million Mexicans living within 100 miles of Mexico City...or close to it | |
we came in from Pachuca and the air was really bad there too...Mexico City...world's first 50 million person urban zone? Maybe | |
they also said it was dangerous for adults to run or work outside in the Distrito Federal...now that's depression | |
just back from Mexico City Distrito Federal this week and they had a warning on the news to not let your kids go outside...dangerous air | |
once upon a time they used to say that the body could adapt to it...adapt? yup...that was the line of thought | |
just ask all the goodfolk in Mexico City how they feel...or don't feel...ha | |
breathing dirty air is depressing...could the cleaner air have just been a placebo effect? depression causes premature death as well...ha | |
supposedly this is the first 'real study' that shows cleaner air extends lifespans...something most of us intuitively knew all along | |
of course a lot of things have changed since 1970 but the scientists claim they could accurately guage those factors and factor cleaner air | |
the particulates fell about one-third since the Clean Air Act was revised in 1970...good news for those of that breathe...or still breathe.. | |
good to see the improved air quality of the US has increased our collective lifespans 5 months, mainly due to particulate reduction |
