The number of lung cancer cases in people who have never smoked is increasing. The disease is different from lung cancer caused by smoking, so what causes it?
The leading cause seem to be Coal and Car traffic.
I can support those. Seems like a no-brainer if we actually care about the world we leave future generations (and the air we breathe while we are still alive).
In order of most emissions created:
#1) stop exporting/importing goods using oil fueled cargo tankers and planes.
#2) kill 99% of all cows and other large farm animals and keep the populations at natrual levels, no more meat industry except maybe chickens.
#3) make it illegal to drive cars for non essential purposes. (And no, getting groceries and going to work wouldn’t be essential)
To do this we need to spend a lot on public transit in the short term
While I don’t disagree in general, if we are focusing on lung cancer this is not the right list.
Cows and other ruminants are huge contributors to global warming with methane emissions but not so much lung cancer causing particulates
In the US at least, i think that would be fires then.
So maybe better funded and more practical wildfire control?
After that I know a lot of factories make a ton of air pollution, but most have air filters in their smoke stacks these days.
Yeah, I would think
I can support those. Seems like a no-brainer if we actually care about the world we leave future generations (and the air we breathe while we are still alive).