Air pollution nanoparticles linked to brain cancer for first time

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Exclusive: Produced by traffic, nanoparticles are already known to invade the brain and can carry carcinogens

The ultra-fine particles are produced by fuel burning, particularly in diesel vehicles, and higher exposures significantly increase people’s chances of getting the deadly cancer. Previous work has shown that nanoparticles can get into the brain and that they can carry carcinogenic chemicals.

 

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Unfortunately we leave in the forest of nano particles in our atmosphere, beside a forest of waves and lots of particles resulting from solar activities. Wonder what we can do actually !

If this is true, why will only 0.0073% of the US population be diagnosed with brain cancer in the next year?

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You are 4 times more likely to die playing field sports. You are 1 in 3,300 chance of being drafted in the NBA. 2 in 100,000 means nothing. This is Trump-style journalism. There is no reason to be scared of any of these numbers. you used to matter to journalism lies

Just when 1% wanna get rid of everybody else’s cars. Pollution is mostly from business and the ruling class. We knew about smog and pollution decades ago - see especially China. Stop spraying industrial toxins at factory farms also

While our “president “ is lowering air quality standards. 🤯

You’re better than this . So out of 100,000 people moving from a low risk area to high risk area it doubles. In reality and reporting of science that means a change of 1 in 100,000 to 2 in 100,000. Which is an increase 0.001 percentage point increase. It means nothing

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