The mystery rise of lung cancer in non-smokers
www.bbc.com
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.

  • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 days ago

    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

    • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      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.

      • AA5B@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        Yeah, I would think

        • ac and air purifiers to keep the smoke out
        • don’t live near a highway or factories
        • don’t live in a smog area like the LA basin
        • don’t work in a job where you inhale stuff, like construction
        • no cooking with gas