• DefederateLemmyMl@feddit.nl
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    10 months ago

    India, Pakistan, China: …

    You left out an important part.

    In most Western countries, air has been getting consistently cleaner the past decades due to increasingly strict regulation.

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      The article is there for you to read. I didn’t leave out anything. I will say air does move across the Pacific ocean and we’ve been having some nice wild fires here in the states.

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        10 months ago

        You editorialized the title, turned it into an ordinary doomscrolling clickbait title that is misrepresenting what the article actually says. Going by the comments here you did fool a lot of people with it.

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            10 months ago

            Then you should check your sources, because the actual title of the article is “India, Pakistan, China: Air pollution is now cutting life short in these 6 countries”

            Which implies something entirely different than your doomsday title.

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              10 months ago

              Guess what. The United States is dealing with massive wild fires. And guess what this article talks about.

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            10 months ago

            Would have been less clickbait to use the actual title, which says a lot…

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              It’s a new article, there’s no bait. There’s wildfires everywhere. I gain nothing from you reading the article

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                You withheld information present in the original title which changes the veracity of the statement.

                It is bait. By definition.

                Quit defending it, you’re just gonna end up having people block you for being a twat.

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                  10 months ago

                  It’s not bait if you actually read the article. Also I should be gaining something. People don’t fish for nothing.

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      Here ya go dumbasses that can’t get over the title.

      "Wildfires are exacerbating a huge threat to human health.

      More dangerous than tobacco or alcohol, air pollution is exacerbated in certain regions of the world including Asia and Africa, according to a study out today.

      “Particulate air pollution remains the world’s greatest external risk to human health”, says the report issued by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC).

      Despite this, the funds allocated to the fight against air pollution represent only a tiny fraction of those devoted to infectious diseases, for example.

      Fine particulate matter is caused by fires, industrial activity and motorised vehicles. They are carcinogenic and increase the risk of lung disease, heart disease and strokes.

      According to figures from the World Health Organisation (WHO), 36% of lung cancers are linked to these emissions, as are 34% of strokes and 27% of heart disease.

      Compliance with the WHO threshold for exposure to fine particles would increase global life expectancy by 2.3 years, EPIC estimates, based on data collected in 2021."

      Right in the damn article. The United States and I’m sure other parts of the world are having wild fires as well. Are they healthier outside of Asia?

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        10 months ago

        I think I’m just gonna block you, because I don’t think I want to see your takes on anything beyond this point. Cheers