There is no "side" to this story. Air pollution kills people.
As an anthropologist teaching medical anthropology, we understand that what we humans do to our environment directly and indirectly affects our health.
Vehicular emissions produce carbon dioxide (greenhouse gas), nitrogen oxides, hydrocarbons, and carbon monoxide (CO). Acute carbon monoxide (CO) intoxication can result in subtle symptoms such as drowsiness, irritability and irrational behaviour (ever wonder about road rage?) that are not mentally connected with the source. But acute CO intoxication every year results in about 1,513 deaths- even in outdoor environments. Even in the presence of molecular oxygen, our blood haemoglobin prefers to bind with carbon monoxide starving our tissues of oxygen. And an idling vehicle produces many times more CO than a moving one. So, rush hour traffic can be hazardous to your health and temperament!
There is a clear link between total vehicular emissions and diseases like asthma, leukemia and lymphoma. Children are especially vulnerable to these diseases because they are actively growing and developing. The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy identifies benzene as one chemical which increases the risk of leukemia. And recent research links the fuel substance methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) with kidney and liver tumours. This medical manual also documents that asthma rates in the USA increased 29% from 1980 to 1987, and that death rates from asthma increased 31% for the same time period. Our collective public health is a measure of what we do collectively to the environment.
Do some research:
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/109/1/71
I can't claim my side to be completely one sided. I do agree with you that the extreme of junk mail has increased and paper including other resources are being wasted. But at the same time, we can't make rational decisions or question the legislation and organization playing hand in hand with such an issue. Keep in mind that the economy is interdependent and that businesses too dependent on each other to gross business and make money. If these junk mails weren't circulated I don't think postal services would exist and considering the mess it is in. It can only support such junk mail as businesses pay them for these circulation. Now I don't think you speak on behalf of the entire U.S population because there are people who appreciate junk mail. After all even if they are being circulated, they eventually are recycled too so where does the waste lie?
It doesn't help that the U.S. considers Hamas a terrorist organization rather than one formed to resist Israel's occupation of Gaza and its regular violence against its citizens.
Because of this, even members of Congress don't visit Gaza to see the truth for themselves when they visit the Middle East. They return still talking about the "rockets raining down" on "poor little Israel" and Gaza's holding of ONE Israeli soldier, but most of them don't seem to know that Israel holds between seven and ten thousand Gazans of all ages and both sexes, most of whom have been jailed without trial and without hope of release.
The phenomenon of fabricating news stories going viral and greatly influencing election results and defaming a renowned personality exists almost in every country.
Some journalists, rather than working to present a news - work just like activists of a political party along with their papers or channels. Some even do it to suffice some kind of personal vendetta and other accepts money or gifts to do it which should not happen with journalism who have this fine job of presenting a real important news to the public without any bias.
The government should also look into the stories by news agencies properly so that the ill-minded journalists don't succeed.
Although the article is small compared to the nature and scope of the topic/subject, thanks to Maxwell, the main points have been put straight forward.
Leaders associated with non-profit organization must vigorously work towards forming a strong movement so that not only the USA, but all countries mostly responsible for producing harmful gases are booked and be punished accordingly.
The phenomenon of fabricating news stories going viral and greatly influencing election results and defaming a renowned personality exists almost in every country.
Some journalists, rather than working to present a news - work just like activists of a political party along with their papers or channels. Some even do it to suffice some kind of personal vendetta and other accepts money or gifts to do it which should not happen with journalism who have this fine job of presenting a real important news to the public without any bias.
The government should also look into the stories by news agencies properly so that the ill-minded journalists don't succeed.
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