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| Link to The Guardian |
"Successive governments have found that the simplest way to end urban
poverty is to encourage poor people to live near congested roads. Apart
from war and fags, nothing is more certain to shorten human life than to
make people breathe a daily dose of poisons, especially sooty particles known as PM10s and nitrogen oxides that largely come from traffic and factories.
"The minute particles of partially burned diesel fuel and tyres travel
deep into lungs, and the gases trigger respiratory diseases. If you
already have heart disease or asthma, then just living near a main road
can be a death sentence."
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