London Mayor Sadiq Khan just repeated the claim that 40,000 people die in UK each year from air pollution. This is complete & utter nonsense
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Replying to @JuliaHB1
40,000 figure is equivalent lives lost across population so a few months per person over their entire lives - and its due to ALL pollution
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Replying to @JuliaHB1
All pollution includes having electric lights, fridges, TVs, cookers, heated homes, factories, you know, all the essentials of modern life.
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Replying to @JuliaHB1
Does your analysis take into account the possibly different pollutants output by diesel engines and electricity generators or the differing
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Replying to @bloomsburykid @JuliaHB1
Impact of high levels of pollution produced in dense urban areas v the locations at which power stations are located? Ultimately while
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Replying to @bloomsburykid @JuliaHB1
it may all be pollution, the effects are not necessarily equal. No reason why we should not try and tackle some forms ahead of others.
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no, the claim about 40,000 lives is blatantly false
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