Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year
I predict that nothing will change, we will carry on breathing polluted air, the situation will get worse but still, nothing will change.
We will vote for the same people, keep buying iPhones, and get distracted by stupid shit. As is customary.
Overlay it with a map of electricity emissions and it will fit nicely with a few small exceptions (like any small country neighbouring Poland, they will have bad air regardless of their own production).
So, I live in Western Washington and was wondering if this is actually one place where the USA wins over Europe and… I’m currently breathing 4.5 micrograms of PM2.5. So equal to living in Denmark. Success!
Let’s spot-check… wait… https://www.iqair.com/us/uk/england/london/putney-weimar-street London is only at 9 micrograms. I guess that’s still double mine. Let’s be fair and pick the worst part in Seattle: https://www.iqair.com/us/usa/washington/seattle/overlook-at-magnolia still 5.8 micrograms. Let’s try one more time in Germany, It seems like any place in Germany will be above a 10. https://www.iqair.com/us/germany/nordrhein-westfalen/koln/rodenkirchen it’s 5.
So maybe this is a time when Western Washington is on par with Europe? Is IQAir not a great source?
That’s just the whole world
Why is it so bad in Northern Italy?
That’s where all the Italian industry is at.
I was wondering if the alps also contribute by trapping the smog there
Question is, how much do you trust the Guardian to do a proper research.
They claim no area of Sweden has twice the recommended value, but there are clearly orange/red areas near the very south near Helsingborg.