Something in the Air FULL SPECIAL | PBS America

[@cozycomfy589]

I'm 75, have lung cancer, lifetime nonsmoker, serious runner for 35 years, healthy eating. etc. Am convinced air pollution is the reason for my cancer. Very distressing.

[@brianglasser5856]

I'm sorry to hear that,and hope you win your battle with lung cancer. Your more then likely right about how you got it. The hospital only treats the side affect of cancer the tumors, and not the reason that people got the tumors. With most cancers people can change their life styles, and habits to beat cancer without radiation , chemo, and surgery. I'm not sure if those types of treatments work when the air is being poisoned, but The Gerson Therapy has helped many people that were sent home to die because the doctors no longer could treat them. I've read ,and seen the proof that it works. Look into it if you want too. Eitherway best of luck to you.

[@robinjames7967]

animal foods are also strongly linked to cancer..

[@chuckschenck3045]

We have a radioactive plume circling the planet from the blown reactors at Fukushima. Stay out of the rain.

[@cozycomfy589]

@Jan J Thank you for your kind words and hope your mother wins her battle.

[@planetxwatcher9712]

Look up fuel oil. Read the wikipedia. Scroll down. Read the health effects. It's from the shipping industry. GBY🙏🏻💜 That's the truth.

[@JeffreyWallk]

People need clean air to survive. Industry needs profit to survive. These are not compatible. When politicians fight for deregulation they are focused on profit not people.

[@seedplanter7173]

That is why whenever there is a fire the load up the super tanker with statistically proven and documented as fact.. fire retardant, that poisons the earth and causes cancer...

[@RobertMJohnson]

they are compatible and quit spewing lies. it's 2022. CLEARLY they are compatible you leftist progressive hack

[@reececarr2784]

Your right... totally right, and it will never change, ever

[@stewartmckinley7058]

People need industry to survive

[@serenityb5816]

They can still profit with regulation. They just won’t be able to get that super yacht; they’ll have to do with a regular yacht.

[@ryanreedgibson]

Air quality is not something we have to put up with. If we continue to place economy above healthy living, we are dead as a species. The sad part is we don't have to go broke to clean the air! We just have to make hard changes!

[@gabemendoza1052]

I don't think we'll be dead as a species, but the landscape will be entirely different 50 to 100 years from now. A lot of coastal areas will be uninhabitable, certain regions won't have water, and the air quality around some cities probably won't produce enough clean oxygen to breathe.

[@JoseAguilar-dv2nd]

We r already dead

[@dankendra5093]

Hahaha laughs in capitalism

[@josephrittenhouse5839]

I disagree with the idea we need to make hard changes. We already work extremely hard to make the air this bad.

[@andreaswimmer6864]

You should run for office Ryan!

[@WhatstheSizzle]

I volunteered at a hospital from 2015-2017 in Las Vegas. People often ask why are people in the hospital? I said, it is 90 percent breathing/lung problems. 10 percent dialysis for diabetics. The air is very bad in Nevada. (Lived in Chicago in 50s-70s & Los Angeles for 36 years). Had to quit smoking almost 25 years ago the air is bad. Without air, a person dies in 3-5 minutes. THIS IS A PRIORITY.

[@dr.killmoretreeratologist8848]

A friend took my husband and me on a trip to Vegas about 26 years ago. At the time, I was about 6 weeks pregnant. Every time I went outside, I got sick. The air caused me to have terrible nausea. I had to stay inside the buildings and breath that recycled air to avoid nausea. When we flew inti Vegas, we could see the orange smog hanging over and in the city. We were told it gets stuck there between the mountains. I wouldn't be able to live there with my COPD.

[@WhatstheSizzle]

@@dr.killmoretreeratologist8848 I understand that completely. I hope your COPD doesn't hold you back. But, yes, the air in the west is very very bad. I do think the mountains have something to do with it getting "stuck".

[@terywetherlow7970]

Jeanette: does sand and dust lay in lungs????

[@WhatstheSizzle]

@@terywetherlow7970 I have no idea.

[@thomasbutler6715]

@@terywetherlow7970 Valley Fever is moving north

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

As long as certain people are profiting, the condition will continue unabated.

[@Kinkle_Z]

Only under capitalism.

[@philip88154]

@@Kinkle_Z Yes, it is always incorrectly implicitly assumed that the economic system cannot be changed. People can actually say no we do not accept this

[@peterbelanger4094]

That ideology which is against capitalism is an extremely toxic and destructive one that only results in strife for everyone and is a fertile ground for dictators. You do not want to see how much people are willing to fight against the 'ism' you are advocating. You don't want to go there , honey.

[@peterbelanger4094]

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[@peterbelanger4094]

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[@TheLochs]

I grew in Wisconsin, USA. I would travel way up north from Milwaukee where I grew up. The air was beautiful. This was when I was a kid in the 70's. The pine trees let off a magnificent smell. It was glorious. I will never forget it and I believe every person is entitled to clean fresh air. Its sad sad to see this documentary. I moved to LA California in the mid 80's and experienced smog for the first time. And thats in America where we are experiencing so called "better" air than other countries. I feel for these people. Its a shame.

[@Jamesandcheraylucas]

I am from Milwaukee Wisconsin 👍❤️

[@TheLochs]

Me too, East side

[@kirstinstrand6292]

World Tragedy 😡

[@stevenweiss2148]

In south florida the jets would pass above my house. In 2 days my car was covered in a mixture of blowing sand and black soot.

[@kastaway2]

Uh, no. The planes did not mess up your cars.

[@brandynicole857]

Everyone Involved in the Spraying of the Skies. Need to be Charged with Crimes Against Humanity and Life itself.💯

[@1songbird7]

👏

[@kvn106]

Coal burning Power Plants producing electricity is who sprays our sky.

[@brandynicole857]

@@kvn106 It appears You haven't Looked up Much in Your Life. Like Most of the People today. You are looking at Your Phone.

[@kvn106]

@@brandynicole857 Green movement fan I assume.

[@Nicholas-f5]

Chemtrails are fake

[@garyjohnson1466]

I was a serious bicycle commuter and athlete for many years between 78-2016 and I’ve always understood how damaging air pollution is, just like smoking cigarettes, which I quit, cold turkey in 72…very good documentary, thank you !!

[@beatjuiceworldwide1560]

So?

[@garyjohnson1466]

@@beatjuiceworldwide1560 is that a question, or are you just being sarcastic, I understood the dangers climate change way back in the 80s, so there were many reasons I chose to maintain a high level of fitness, but there were always those who thought me arrogant, because they didn't know me, or like me for personal reasons, people are jealous animals...and

[@Skipbo000]

@@garyjohnson1466 ok, good for you?

[@garyjohnson1466]

@@Skipbo000 now I wonder who would make such a sarcastic comment, as “good for you”, such comments usually come from someone your familiar with, usually sarcastic people are very narcissistic and hide their jealousy and identity, like this guy I know who after I beat him three games in a row in dominoes, he never played me again, or the time I beat him in laser tag, arrogant narcissistic people hate losing and make comments, like “good for you” anyways you take care, no response required or desired…😎

[@tanyamcghee3922]

Gary Johnson Well 3 kinds of people exist. Those whom can not see, Those whom see when shown. And Those Whom Can See... Narcissist can't 👀 see. No matter how much you try educating them, They Can Not See. 🙈

[@Yardstick401]

Over 20 years ago a doctor told me that exercising outside for an hour or so in the Phoenix metro area of Arizona was about the equivalent of smoking a pack of cigarettes. It hasn't gotten better.

[@brianglasser5856]

That's terrible people can't be healthy even if they try. If they don't get you one way it will be another way. We are definitely in hell.

[@capgains]

🇺🇸

[@Corinthians-kjv]

​@@brianglasser5856 this ain't anyway close to hell. ever thought about where you will spend eternity?

[@thejrcitizens]

The American Lung Association says that Arizona has some of the worst air quality in the U.S., with some areas experiencing 39 high ozone days per year, per CNBC. Thus, Arizona is now the absolute worst State to live in.

[@bootburner4544]

@@thejrcitizens It's bad everywhere. They make sure of that by spraying the skies with crap to make us sick. Watch The Dimming documentary.

[@jarniwoop]

I lived in Houston TX for seven years. Very dirty air there. I then moved to a rural location in CO (with much cleaner air), and upon arrival I coughed for a week, so much that I pulled a muscle on one side. Thank you PBS for a very informative and eye opening program.

[@boomerang0101]

Lies

[@ziggystardust3060]

In the 1970's when I was a teenager we lived way out in the countryside. Whenever I went into the nearest city I always (100% of the time) returned home with chronic migraine headaches. It got to the point I dreaded going to Uni for that reason. I have a very keen sense of smell, and in later life became a qualified perfumer, heading up a luxury fragrance line. Edit - I'm lucky to have excellent health, and I live in the uk 🇬🇧

[@chrisperell4590]

Queen Elizabeth is an alien that is trying to destroy our environment by polluting our air.

[@ziggystardust3060]

@Sunny bob Quackers Hi Sunny Bob, its helpful to reduce all chemical/synthetic smells around the home as much as possible. I use natural organic products based around woods, herbs etc like cedarwood, sandalwood, eucalyptus, fresh picked pine cones, cinnamon, cloves, patchouli, lemon balm, lavender, rosewater and teas. I place organic oils in a bowl of water on the windowsill, and organic scented candles etc. I stay away from sprays or any strong smelling products like bleach or general household air fresheners. I use organic fragrances, and I hold my breath while using talc, perfume etc. I use organic soap, shampoo, hair oils, toothpaste etc, and avoid hair sprays. I'm careful not to inhale any flour when baking, and developed a habit of holding my breath for long periods until I find safe place to breathe fresh air, such as an open window. In the early mornings I like to eat outside, as the fresh air refreshes my soul as well as my body. I live alone in the countryside, just five minutes' walk from the ocean, so I walk there every day to enjoy the calming, salty oceanic air. I feel quite choked up when I go into a house with any kind of animals inside, as the smell is overwhelming despite being quite normal for most people. Consequently I no longer have pets. I love animals and grew up around them. I don't have any allergies etc but my adult children are allergic to house dust and cats. I didn't mind wearing a mask while shopping during Covid19 as I noticed it protected me a lot from the general smells outside such as when you walk past a shop, or a person with aftershave/perfume, and vehicle emissions. I try always to shop at the quietest times of the day. Anyway I hope that helps you! All the best from England 🇬🇧 💝

[@tw9664]

I have a super sensitive sense of smell as well. I smell many things other people don’t. There’s no way I could smell perfume for a living, it would kill me. Perfume will trigger a migraine quicker than anything. I’ve smelled gas fumes many times and was told I was smelling things, until they found the gas leak that is!

[@ziggystardust3060]

@@tw9664 thanks for your reply, TW. I also smelled gas in a disabled lady's home once. Her carer had accidentally left the gas on, and during the investigation she claimed never smelled the gas even though it was left on for 5 hours. She literally finished her shift and went home, no windows open etc. 😱 When I arrived to check in on the lady, I found the whole house stunk of gas, so I immediately (and calmly) assisted the lady outside, opened all doors and windows, and called the emergency hotline from outside the house, since phones can cause a spark. I discovered the source after the call, but they said its 'safe' gas here in the uk and would not have blown the house up. I wasn't entirely convinced though, because there have been news reports of homes in the uk that have been blown up by a gas leak, and they were just matchstick wood afterwards. My advice, for anyone smelling gas in a home, is to 1) STAY CALM, and assess the situation (Immediate danger, risks etc) 2) DO NOT USE A PHONE OR LIGHT SWITCHES inside the property. 3) GET EVERYONE OUT. 4) CALL EMERGENCY SERVICES when needed. Don't take chances! 💥stay safe💥

[@Livetoeat171]

Where is Uni...haven't heard of that city.

[@samanthamariefreeman335]

The level of ignorance in the human species is astounding. We have known this about air pollution for 50 years and yet we make NO changes to our behavior nor our lifestyle which is the cause of the pollution and the overall global air/water disease.

[@FaceFcuk]

What do you want us to do give up oil live like caveman 🤣

[@jamesmeehan4209]

The human race are dulded horrible nastey horrendous vile who are definitely interested in destroying and killing themselves and burning down mo

[@rebeccagray986]

Are chemtrails part of the problem with high-air pollution?

[@Elhastezy888]

Barium & other heavy metals, chemicals, mold spores & more have been found in chemtrails

[@huntncover]

Chemtrails are everywhere worldwide - just pay attention to everything you see in videos and TV. It's there , you just haven't noticed. Even the skies above your home.

[@MyMotherTheCar]

No, idiotic conspiracy theories just pollute the culture. Our atmosphere is thankfully safe from them.

[@angiebold2592]

Masks hurt peopleore than they could ever help We are not supposed to be breathing in carbon dioxide. People are already struggling to get enough oxygen from the polluted air. The masks obstructs breathing. Bacteria build up in them and cause oral inflammation and infections. Never obstruct your breathing. Never.

[@stella1444]

"Chemtrails" is a misleading conspiracy theory term. "Contrails" are basically water vapor from jet engines. When you see trails from planes, what you're seeing is harmless... However, airplanes do pollute a ton. They use leaded fuel, so every time a plane is above you, it really is showering us in lead. It's not a mind control conspiracy, it's just business.

[@melindamcclain835]

Where I live in the California desert we have chemicals sprayed daily in the sky causing overcast and humidity. I've lived here 20 years and never seen it like this.

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

I spend a lot of time in Barstow. I rarely see air planes but there are constantly strips of whatever hovering up in the sky. Have you seen the way the moonlight burns through the clouds at night recently?

[@Nicholas-f5]

Chemtrails are mental illness, sadly

[@clintkaster6269]

Have you wandered around the ag districts? You can taste the chemicals. Why would someone bother spraying chemicals in the air when they can just spray them directly on the ground?

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

@@clintkaster6269 because Bill gates wants to block out the sun. Think I’m joking? Look it up

[@karenmino4472]

Praying for you all 🙏 Read your Bible please know that Jesus Christ has already won this spiritual battle and God wins 😇

[@AlexdaCunha]

very good documentary. We have to change, not only because of climate change, but because our own health and quality of life

[@e.joejosephgriego7039]

1980 car cut back and air pollution . this is A HARD 42 YEARS LATER . !~

[@IRISHDRAGON77]

There is no climate change its not a problem. Follow the truth not this bs. If there is a problem then it's put there that KS to government etc. This is crap.

[@jnielsen90]

Except we won't and that will not change either no matter how much proof is provided on the topic......because the wealthy and highly privledged among us, especially the one's making money off anything that does contribute to pollution like fossil fuels, vehicles, etc. will not give up those privledges they can enjoy in the present time, especially when the consequences of what they are doing won't really happen significantly within their own life span.....it's hard to get anyone to change their ways when they can avoid the consequences of their actions and not suffer it's future terrible circumstances they created. Imagine if when you stole something from somebody and get caught, you we're released and allowed to live you're normal life while alive and that you would be punished for you're theft once you we're dead though......how well do you think this would stop theft by people and deter them from doing it everyday if they had no consequences to worry about until they died? I think it would cause alot more theft to happen everywhere then happens already by quite alot.....same is happening when it comes to companies polluting today and it's why everyday we add more polluting factories, power planets, and burn more fossil fuels and air pollution rises each day and has made the pollution higher today then ever in Earths history even though we've known about carbon and green house gases since the 1970's.....and all we've done about it in that time is wasted 50 years trying to convince the Religious among us climate change is happening and we need to change our ways.....when they we're never going to be convinced anyways or bother worrying about it because their diety will save them from whatever it brings upon us. The reason we have taken no steps to change our ways is one half of the population is trying to convince the other half of the population to get involved in combatting this, when they have no reason or motivation to do so. Ever noticed there isn't any climate change activists trying to warn the rest of us about what climate change that are Religious followers of any mainstream Religion? (in fact they do the opposite and oppose or go against anything legislated or attempted to make law that tries to combat carbon emissions and pollutants. There's an obvious reason for this as I just explained and the fact most of these polluting companies are run and owned by people of Religions or conviently pretend to be Religious because it works to their financial advantage

[@sew_gal7340]

Visited India months before covid and the air pollution was so bad...everything smelled like poo and everywhere you touch there was poo. Took a train from delhi to agra, people pooping on train platform and even on stairs next to someone sleeping. After agra I went to varanasi to visit the ganges, people were pooping into the river, then i find out the hotel washes all our linens in the same river and dries them on the steps. The air pollution was so bad i had migraine every time i step outside, he's right you can literally smell the metallic taste and the air was heavy with pollution..if you walk outside, come inside and wipe the walls with your finger...you leave a trail of black grime on the wall. I love dear india so much, i watch bollywood and indian drama almost exclusively, dreamed of visiting india since i was a child...i never expected it to be so extreme over there.

[@barbarafogle3541]

That's terrible. What a shitty way to live.

[@charlesdayon8420]

My father drove a truck on the Burma road during the 2nd World War, in India , Burma, and China. He died in 1950 and l remember him talking about rickshaw drivers pooping in the street, India, China? Hail Mary full of grace the lord is with thee , Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus, Holy Mary Mother of God pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen....O'My Jesus forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, lead all souls to heaven especially those who have most need of thy mercy. Amen

[@mistermylo8607]

I understand the air quality in Egypt is also horrible.

[@esterhudson5104]

With 20 million children that have stunte.

[@reececarr2784]

I know nothing about india,yet I know u will see people pooping everywhere.

[@a.d8357]

I grew up in Pittsburgh P. A it was all Steel Mills and slag dumps. It was really bad. The best thing they ever did was close them down. People are resilient. The city reinvented itself with healthcare, science and technology but alot of men that worked at the Mills got cancers from asbestos.

[@anonanon1879]

I bet when they closed there was endless crying about economic loss and the city turning into nothing. Then I bet people's health improved drastically and other business did fine

[@Jhananda]

I am a non-smoker with a COPD diagnosis. My son was a non-smoker who died of a heart attack during an asthma attack in LA, California, when a prescribed burn was burning in the nearby Santa Monica Mountains. Since my COPD diagnosis I have been using respirators with multi-gas cartridges to effectively treat my COPD. I am almost 7 years post diagnosis, and I haven't been back to the ER in almost 5 years, which is a big deal when I was in the ER weekly when I was diagnosed with COPD. This is evidence that there is much more than PM2.5 particulate, but also gasses, such as NOX, SOX and VOCs, in air pollution that are also toxic, and must be removed using multi-gas air purifiers and multi-gas respirator cartridges.

[@brianglasser5856]

I'm really surprised that no media, or that many people don't talk about Chem trails all over the sky's of the world. I see them everyday, and it seems like the trails are place by the sun.

[@Toddster81]

Yes the nano sizes plastic particles covered in aluminum. Supposed to reflect the sun's heat back into space. In turn, the planet is being blanketed in aluminum. Real smart....

[@brianglasser5856]

@@Toddster81 so that's why I notice them close to the sun mostly. I wonder why they are reflecting the heat back to space? Probably helping some aliens be able to survive better in this atmosphere, or something lol. Probably just poisoning us.

[@terywetherlow7970]

Bill g. Said chemtrails are limestone to help keep oxygen from sliding up out of bigger hole in ozone layer. Sure wish i had saved that vid.

[@lilcricket4379]

I curse them! Terra-forming for the coming situation.

[@aliciaoliver9560]

They are all in denial they even try and make us believe we are not seeing this being done.

[@paranoah1925]

When everyone else in the world is more concerned about our well-being than our own country

[@markallen721]

I had a friend visit Nepal and he said every morning people would get up, scrounge around for whatever they could find that would burn and use that to cook their breakfast. By noon the smoke was so thick with a mixed smell of paper, plastic wrappers, wood, etc.

[@goodgrief888]

Yes! We need to address how damaging fire is to our lungs also. My Mother never smoked a day in her life, but she just died of lung cancer. She loved sitting by the fire nightly, at home and while camping. I don’t know what caused the lung cancer. But the smoke from fire didn’t help.

[@goodgrief888]

@Sunny bob Quackers Thank you

[@islandvibez]

3rd world problems

[@goodgrief888]

@@islandvibez Then what do you call all of the fires in California, the 6th largest economy in the world? First world problems?

[@breal7277]

I lived in LA for 20 years. Leaving was the best decision I ever made. I remember one particular day driving up to Mt Wilson and watching the city engulfed in a layer of smoke; you couldn't see the buildings in downtown. Where I live now there is very good quality of air.

[@robertpinto6515]

Population of this planet has increased 5 fold in my 84 years! What else could one expect? In several trips to China, every time, within 3 days in Beijing, I was on antibiotics for lung infection! I raised a family in So. California in the 80s, and they had to have PE class indoors. Man has done a fine job with this once beautiful planet.

[@pam.h4007]

I lived in southern California as a child and can remember smog alerts and brown air and pollution so bad that it stung our eyes. It got better, but now I wonder what lung issues it may have created for me and my siblings. Unfortunately, China - moving polluting industries out of Beijing, has consequences for others. I have heard that Chinese industry is a contributor to Seoul, Korea's fine yellow dust.

[@kathyinwonderlandl.a.8934]

Oh that brings memories up of myself as a kid in 1964 on the LA freeway having to hold a wet washcloth to my eyes they’d sting and burn…I’d cry and whine it was awful.

[@terywetherlow7970]

Have seen radar where Sahara's dust blows right over U.S. guess we should catapult s.thing back....as a thank you.

[@dylanw6393]

I moved back to OC a year ago from the sierra mountains..my skin is filthy by the end of the day..it wasn't like that in small town northern sierras

[@jennymontague851]

I lived in San Bernardino for 2 years and, coming there from Idaho was a shock. I started to cry when we drove down into the valley into the dense fog. I'd never seen anything like that before and was so happy when my husband got discharged from the service and we headed back to Idaho. BUT now, all the Californians are moving to Idaho in droves and Boise is polluted. Makes me sad.

[@mkaberli]

I remember LA smog back in the 1950s. It was like a fog and it stung the eyes. That was ages ago, and although the smog situation is better, I'm ecstatic I left the California hellhole when I did.

[@1MahaDas]

I live in Riverside, California, which is 50 miles east of Los Angeles. During the 1970s the air pollution from Los Angeles alone was visible on the western horizon. By 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon the fouled air was so intense that we could not see the mountains that were only 15 to 20 miles away. If we did any work or even play outside, we would suffer the effects of the smog which caused internal pain within our lungs! The problem with air pollution was eventually addressed by State regulations on businesses and automobiles. Today we can see the mountains, and we can breathe without the pain. But we still live here with a problem that was never completely eradicated!

[@1MahaDas]

@Dah Plug Thank you for such an inspiring "conversation!"

[@1MahaDas]

My post was not meant to be inspiring. But thank you for your ridiculous "put down!"

[@jarniwoop]

I live in NM and when I've made road trips back east I've noticed that a bit over half way through Texas there is an obvious brown haze on the approaching eastern horizon getting closer to Dallas or Houston.

[@1MahaDas]

@@jarniwoop That brown haze is air polution!

[@tammy9887]

How did California remediate the air quality? If I remember correctly, they put air purifiers on top of the buildings in LA & SF, and added auto emissions laws.

[@palianshow]

it's 2019 production. because he was talking about the masks being worn for over an hour: I knew it was made before the lockdowns.

[@GuitarsRgood7]

It's hard for me to watch documentaries taking place before COVID anymore. So much changed in such a short amount of time!

[@johnmitchell2741]

I live in Arkansas the only time I can breath clean air is during a burn ban

[@Nicholas-f5]

Please work for that to be year round. Many losers burn cancer causing plastics in the country.

[@arcticablue]

How sad!

[@berdalee8468]

yes, 'just because we can't see it doesn't mean it's not there"; this thought applies 10x more insidiously in the case of EMFs which you cannot smell or taste but also has a brain shrinking, nervous disordering, sleep disrupting and anxiety-producing effect. and who profits from all this pollution on every level?

[@oppressednolonger1497]

is there way to research these nervous system impacts from EMFs? I have 2 relatives who swear their physical concerns are related to environmental concerns. whatever resources you have encountered would you kindly share? thx much

[@karenmino4472]

That would be the evil one who hates you and yours. God provides for His precious children and Jesus Christ has already won this spiritual battle ✝️ l am praying that you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior because eternity is way too long to be WRONG 👍

[@tundrawomansays694]

@@karenmino4472 Your Magical Guy in the Sky doesn’t have any anything to recommend him: Let’s see….Hmm, there’s the Crusades, witch burnings, child sexual predators, raging hypocrisy among you “Chrissians” etc. I’ll stick with Buddhism.

[@BobQuigley]

Born in Pittsburgh in 1952. Unimaginable dirty air till I was a teenager. This was mainly due to closing highly polluting coke ovens and steel Mills. Famous pictures of downtown Pittsburgh at noon with cars headlights turned on to see through smog.

[@katray7452]

That was 1964. Lived at top of slopes. Sulpher smells abound. Our lungs are full of the stuff. Amazing we are still breathing. lol.

[@clintkaster6269]

Regulations are COMMUNISM! Let the free market decide what level of pollution is acceptable!!! Ohhhhhhhh, wait....hold on....shit. That didn't work out, did out?

[@Diana1000Smiles]

The magnetite & dementia in children's brains is truly frightening. I didn't know that part.

[@deconteesawyer5758]

President Biden claims Delaware caused his dementia and cancer. We should eradicate Delaware.

[@levmoses742]

Thank you! Thank you! I’ve figured a lot of this out and I’m grateful to know I’m now alone. People look at me weird when I say I can smell the pollution. Now, sometimes I wear a mask just walking around cities vs for COVID

[@paoladellabilancia5965]

🤦‍♀️ The muzzle is useless against the nanoparticles 👎. And the major part falls down from the skies, just look up sometimes what comes from there. Of course all planned.

[@kj3rd2657]

I work on large size ships as a engineer in the engine room and I always worry about the air in them. I will now buy my own air tester from watching this video. Thanks for this air info.

[@Philip-bk2dm]

Hope you can get up on the bow ahead of the stack as much as possible.

[@mtadams2009]

I understand that ships are allowed to legally burn much dirtier diesel when they are off shore. Is that true? I wish you well.

[@elise9537]

what happened?

[@patriciahenkleman6241]

It starts at home. Pick up garbage while your on a walk. Recycle drive the least you can. Encourage your friends to write their local government. Most importantly get out and vote. Get your friends and family to vote. I'm glad I'm 65 as I won't be here to experience the worst yet to come. So disheartening

[@revolvermaster4939]

How does voting stop China from building more coal fired electric plants than the rest of the world combined?

[@constancemccoy6931]

But your children will.

[@LynxStarAuto]

That won't do anything Patricia, when these giant conglomerates are allowed to break the rules, and worse yet *make* the rules thanks to their ties with politics.

[@huntncover]

Your vote doesn't count or matter. The true powers that be don't reside in political hallways. Politicians are puppets , bought and paid for. If they ever try to step out of line they end up like the Kennedy's - understand ? Or , in more recent memory , like the trail of dead people associated with the Clinton's . Suicide by a shot to the head - twice .

[@revolvermaster4939]

@@huntncover YEP!

[@andreabontempo643]

Yeah if they quit spraying the heavy metals in our skies, they would be blue.

[@ianbardon8581]

Silly man.

[@jacquelineseely5393]

I wonder if it's industrial waste. Corporations policy is profit driven, period. They only pay a fine if caught. Try to catch who is doing the dumping in our skies

[@maryratton1557]

Airplanes are crop dusting our air . Airplanes fly over before the rains . Just as it starts to rain the air is full of bad smells, then the smell clears about five minutes after the rain is raining. This is happening in America .

[@Antechynus]

Do you wear a tinfoil hat?

[@maryratton1557]

@@Antechynus No . But if you live in the part of Florida that I do , I recommend you open your windows and walk outside you would understand what I’m talking about . Do this just as it is starting to rain . The planes going to where ever fly over an hour before the rainfall . They need to get their air pollution geared down some , just as there are regulations on automobiles. Just because you don’t see it in the air doesn’t mean it’s not there . The smell is rather strong . A tin foil hat won’t disguise that . P S where I live is none of your business , thank-you .

[@huntncover]

Look at all the chemtrails everywhere around the world. I suppose that's a figment of our imagination too. Pay attention , look up , open your eyes - this isn't being done for your own good.

[@Antechynus]

@@huntncover condensation trails are everywhere indeed... calling them "chemtrails" just indicates your ignorant and biased paranoid belief in fairy tales.

[@vylbird8014]

The dangers posed by crop dusting are well known enough that the EU banned the practice years ago. The US does not. Part of the justification is different land use: European countries have a lot of smaller farms close by to populated areas, while the US tends to have vast areas of farmland with unbroken by any residential areas. Fewer people to poison. If you do happen to live next to a field though, sucks to be you. Enjoy your cancer. Sorry, but your health is less important than maximising economic productivity.

[@eliasmora715]

enjoy the last moments of this planet .... :(

[@QUEENOFSHEBA999]

This isn't the end it's just the beginning of a New Age of Aquarius.

[@donnacanfield572]

The planet will be just fine...

[@johnmitchell2741]

my thoughts exactly.big changes coming soon,it's already underway

[@johnmitchell2741]

@@donnacanfield572 that's true the planet will be fine,it's us that will be leaving🤣

[@ianbardon8581]

@@johnmitchell2741 you took the words out of my mouth, we are just passing by.

[@andreabontempo643]

I remember the smog alert days when I was a child. My lungs would hurt so bad on those days

[@paulk9985]

Where did this happen?

[@oppressednolonger1497]

what were the improvements that were made since 1980s?

[@vicgodsucks1157]

@Dah Plug *SHUT UP TROLL!!*

[@grumpy1311]

Well done PBS

[@dbadagna]

This program was produced by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

[@broddablack5290]

Omg! I grew up in Mississauga, when I was growing up we did not have anything like this! I feel so sad for the parents, I don’t blame them. Mathew, He’s so lovely.

[@faraboverubieskerry]

Finally! This is what everyone needs to be taught early on. The air you breathe is 2x more important than your genetics. That is what experts are saying now because they understand that even if you have good genetics, meaning you're not predisposed to certain diseases, the environment and air you breathe in can change that. It happened to me. As someone who suffered a minor traumatic brain injury inflammation from breathing in toxic mold as well as endocrine and nervous system damage ( and 25 symptoms known as CIRS) I learned the hard way because no one ever told us that what you breathe in goes directly to your brain. The mold was hidden in the HVAC. Keeping your sinuses clean is very important. Great natural products for sinuses and dealing with mold are at microbalance health products.

[@nunya2954]

This is a bs study. If this were true, or even remotely true, smokers would all have dementia, and that isn't happening. All this scare tactics, and you must be a sheeple.

[@e.joejosephgriego7039]

IM 60 , I HEARD ALL OF THIS IN 1982. corporation's don't & wont get it . 40 years later , this is NOT NEW NEWS ITS A MUTE AWARNESS. THIS LIKE THE 80'S WILL GO AS IS . THE INDEVIDUAL CARES , THE CORPERATION USES LAWN MOWERS . METAFORICLY , ROLL AND COVER FOE THE LOVE OF MONEY. YOU CAN SEE THIS IS A HOBO SMOKE. WISH YOU MAY 30 YEAR OLD MEN, JUST BORN YESTERDAY unkind corporation goals for money land & a ho. money mow down. corporation world kills . up and down all a round. & they keep on killing calling it prophetic $$$$ loven cross eye blind republican. world wide wo wo wo'z

[@e.joejosephgriego7039]

CORPERATIONS WILL KILL FEDREL RESERVE PRIVOT LOAN FEEDING THE FLO CORPRET STYLE , NO INDEVIDUAL TO SUE OR INPRIZON TO STOP. CORPERATION KILLS THE EARTH IN THIS LONG RUN , MFKTHIEFS , MOWED DOWN 500.,OOO IN AFRICA , ARMANIA , ARGENTINA , MEXICO . ETHEOPIA , AMERICA . & ISLAND PEOPLE WIPE OUT , SPOT BY SPOT. KILLER ON THA RISE. WAIT TILL ? the earth will explode drill drill drill ,kill key kill key kill ~ till death do us part.

[@e4t662]

OVERPOPULATION..the Elephant in the room.

[@davidbailey453]

And has been for decades. The only person I've heard talk about it is Sir David Attenborough

[@nsudatta-roy8154]

According to whom, you? Are we going to start with you and your family?

[@newworldgrover8588]

Lol NWO agenda get rid of people you would make Adolf proud.

[@peterbelanger4094]

There is no desirable solution to that problem. Any means to solve it will result in extreme tyranny or mass death. That's why it is an "elephant in the room" that nobody wants to talk about. We essentially can't do anything about it, whoever does will become a monster in the attempt. There is no noble or ethical way to solve overpopulation. Might as well just ignore it.

[@Mars-77]

Has anyone noticed that there are no sounds of insects at night? I always remember the deafening noises they used to make at night.

[@3DLasers]

I used to see the sparrow’s everywhere and hear the crickets every night but they’re all gone now… 🌎

[@Mars-77]

@@3DLasers Yes, not many birds either. I thought maybe it was just happening in my area (illinois) but no.

[@CharleyMK9867]

I noticed that as well! I have to drive 30 min away from my house to see fireflies, I have not seen them since I was 8 yrs old, I stopped in the middle of the road it was truly magical ✨ to see them light up, I had forgotten what it was like...

[@sketchimation_shorts]

I live on the water and see everything here. Raccoons, skunks, crickets, huge spiders, fireflies, dragonflies. I appreciate seeing life all around me.

[@harperwelch5147]

I grew up in rural Southern California, 45 minutes East of LA in the 1950’s. Every day I walked to school, my eyes would tear up from the smog. When we would swim in the pool in Pasadena, our lungs would hurt when we came up for air. This problem has been on going for 70 years at least.

[@carolynmscotti827]

You ask who profits from poor air quality? Ask who ever is responsible, for airplanes spraying all the toxins in the air day and night , as to why this is necessary. Then ask yourself what companies are benefiting and making a lot of money from polluting the airbase breathe.

[@shaynaletter5589]

Human beings must modify, alter, change their behavior, lifestyles, and priorities.

[@alerdman2002]

They are changing quite rapidly to destroy and depopulate the world

[@kathryncasey4114]

Too late. People will continue to behave the way humans behave. Our success is our weakness.

[@anonymousspeaker7880]

How bizarre! The plane flying overhead, and the level of ultra fine metallic particles in the air sky rockets. How apropos.

[@Nicholas-f5]

Sounds like a Q theory

[@yolyrom7233]

Excellent documentary! I wouldn’t mind seeing a follow up maybe?!

[@victorial4040]

The Chemtrails

[@yolyrom7233]

@@victorial4040 Yep, those too!

[@vicgodsucks1157]

@Dah Plug *GO SMELL TRAFFIC SMOG!!* 🖕🙄

[@cheryldaniels2773]

In Maine some hiking trails are located right on the highway with only a chain fence between the semi trucks, buses and car. I walk it once and could believe how many people were walking, running and riding bikes right onthe freeway. Who thought that lovely trail up??? Crazy!

[@montanagal6958]

politicians

[@chrisperell4590]

When somebody comes near me with a cigarette, I let them have it. I tell them to keep that stuff away for me. A few years ago, while I was working in a 4 foot deep hole, moving a plumbing manifold around, a man came around the corner and stood over top of me with a cigarette. The reason, it just so happened that I was in a shady spot. I asked him to walk away with his cigarette please. He said why, and I told him I don’t smoke. He said, we are outside. I told him, outside is a big area! Go away! He just said, deal with it. So I picked up the garden hose, and I knocked the cigarette out of his hand, while soaking him from head to toe. I dealt with it!

[@russisaac813]

I'll bet you drive a car or truck and don't give a thought to the amount of pollution your forcing on kids. Now that's hypocracy.

[@chrisperell4590]

@@russisaac813 i bet you fart in the tub and bite your bubbles

[@chrisperell4590]

@@russisaac813 u wanna know what else i bet?

[@lisabrickner6004]

Ok Karen

[@Youtubecensoredmyusername]

I would love to see you try that crap with me 🤣

[@rubyclark7595]

WOW!!! Thank you PBS for this Documentary.

[@shaunhall6834]

I'm feeling it this summer. Horrible what we are doing to the Earth. We needed to change 40 years ago but now it is too late.

[@nanaman]

We are only as intelligent as the information provided to us! As a nonsmoking person I have always tried to avoid the smell and haze of smoke it’s nauseating to me. I really enjoyed this program thank you!

[@myoldvhstapes]

The segments about L.A. are leaving out the fact that California cars do not emit any exhaust fumes. Only out-of-state cars do so. "California Emission" has been a fact of life for decades. I'm a pedestrian, every so often I smell an out-of-state car. It reminds me of my past in New England.

[@barbarafogle3541]

All cars produce pollution. Emissions regulations only means at acceptable levels. All are bad no matter what kind of machine that burns fuel.

[@corybolton7462]

California has CARB emissions but they very much still emit carbon. You can’t have combustion without a byproduct of carbon.

[@Jamesandcheraylucas]

My home town is, Milwaukee Wisconsin. I remember clean air and blue skies, good smelling trees and flowers in the air, the smell of food in the summer time, and the smell of yeast coming from Miller Brewing co. or under the Southside bridge.

[@jennymontague851]

Good information. I do not like where I live in a small town in the intense mid-AZ heat, but there is no air pollution here except for the summer Monsoon dust storms which contain bacteria, like the ones that cause Valley Fever from it. It's when we run to the City to do shopping where we get to breath more polluted air. Luckily, though, the prevailing intense storms and wind help somewhat to keep the junk out of the air.

[@Az_meg]

Maricopa county has some of The worse air pollution in the nation. I believe we are in second place

[@northerncoloradotransparen1454]

it is not like it is a visible thing. Human diet has a lot to do with pollution globally!

[@jenellehall]

my grandfather who passed away recently from dementia go figure..holoy god this hits home im so glad my dad stopped being a mechanic now

[@anonanon1879]

I've had a few mechanics in the family, they showed severe mental illness and I have to suspect it's related. Anyways I've read a bit about pollution and i think it may cause long term brain inflammation which is what increases the risk of things like dementia. So it may benefit your dad to do things to reduce it. And I'd assume mechanics are exposed to heavy metals, so chelating with dmsa and alpha lipoic acid could help

[@mr.c5908]

Why do we keep having ourselves? So much talk and concern about this all over the world but yet, we keep harming ourselves……

[@vicgodsucks1157]

@Dah Plug What are you doing about it?! 🙄🙄

[@MrBakedDaily]

I'm glad I love in the southeast USA best part of the country no bs

[@dorothyrosa5176]

When we were kids growing up we use to run behind the insect repellent trucks thinking it was fun in a great amount of smoke.plus I gotten second hand smoke from my family that were chain smokers. I know the lord keeps me going each and every day. God is good

[@terywetherlow7970]

Same for me Dorothy....some gloat about smell of Napalm in the morning. We have smell of DDT on summer afternoon. Ahh

[@brendanigg154]

We used to run behind the mosquito trucks to in the south side of Chicago I’m surprised all our parents let us do that but it was fun

[@gregwilvert]

If gawd is good, why didn’t it keep the danger away in the first place?

[@philipmcdonagh1094]

Have to have a cigarette after watching that, at least I live in the countryside so its probably safe enough.

[@kathleenshannon8284]

What about inside particulates, pesticides inside and outside attached to particulate matter?

[@beatjuiceworldwide1560]

What about the Twinkie?

[@kerrymarris4260]

Yeah, wow that was beyond informative....thanks so much Much love went into this video. ❤️ Thanks again

[@mariekatherine5238]

The pollution in NYC is much less observable than 60-70- years ago. We used to camp in northwestern Connecticut and on a clear day, the location of the city was very obvious from atop Cobble Mountain. It was that grey-brown smudge!

[@RosaRosa-fo4wm]

Os desgasting

[@洪志忠-e8g]

Thanks ! Valuable video .

[@Antechynus]

Almost 8 billion polluters and growing.... no solutions without answering the question of unregulated population growth.

[@meknotewe8155]

Wish we could force every member of the U.S. Congress to watch this!!! Thanks for this excellent teaching tool PBS!!!

[@The-elephant-In-the-room76]

time 30:37 people have the choice to smoke or not to smoke and they can move away from somebody who is smoking but pollution from cars people don't have a choice, that comment is ridiculous.

[@zoolook1000]

That's 100,56,000 people a year and you still don't believe in Chemtrals !

[@andreabontempo643]

They would never do a documentary about chemtrails. Oh here we go with the green agenda

[@matildamarmaduke1096]

Asheville NC cycling groups need to see this...

[@robertstovall7195]

And not one mention of obvious chemtrails. No, it's not contrails. That would be like me going on a 20 mile run on a cold morning and my breath would be still lingering from when I left.

[@dwaineskully6515]

We *ALL* first have to be aware that this is a vital issue. And be prepared to endure some discomfort and inconveniences, to start remedying this conundrum to save ourselves and our offspring. 🤔Jamaica 🇯🇲 has so much major problems we're struggling to fix ,to be focusing on these Minor issues. Informative documentary.

[@karenmino4472]

Dwaine This is Bible Prophecy coming to pass before our eyes 👍 I am praying that you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior because eternity is way too long to be WRONG Y'all ✝️💜🙏👍

[@bookbeing]

Zero population growth would help for starters. We don't need to have five kids nowadays just have one or no more than 2. then stop.

[@time2kickarse]

In this uncertain world none would be the ideal figure.

[@nanciehuaracha6079]

Eye opener ....superbly done, thank you .

[@andreabontempo643]

Yeah but they are looking at the wrong culprit. They will blame it on cars so we won't be able to drive anymore. We will be locked in our homes because they say it's climate change. NOT!!!

[@JustAThought155]

The good news: now I know. 😁The bad news: now I know.😔. This explains why I now see a pulmonary specialist bi-annually after moving to a city five years ago.

[@lawerancelanham]

As a kid, I was born with asthma and dealt with it all my life. It's like you become your own air sensor. You know how thick the air is or what particles are floating in it. Sometimes it's not so bad, other times it's literally a trigger and airways say "run" so you seek out a better place or something. The main thing as a kid and even an adult is that you can't just remove or remedy the situation always. Nobody listened to me as a kid nor as an adult when I would tell them things about makeup, hairspray and the like. Some cleaners obviously, etc. Then there's riding by asphalt being laid and such. Just the faint smell is enough at times. Then there's the issue where we are so inundated everywhere with the issues that we just give up and accept that that's how it is because we're powerless and nobody listens or cares about it because we need certain things for our society or whatever the case may be

[@bootburner4544]

Most of the pollution is engineered by spraying particulate in the skies. 'The Dimming' is a good documentary that reveals what's truly going on. 'Geo engineering watch' is a good site to get more information.

[@tw9664]

Yep! It’s has been being done to us for decades!

[@romanmanner]

No. It's not. You don't need to invent conspiracy theories to explain air pollution. Air pollution is a consequence of modern civilization, that's all.

[@kerrymarris4260]

I can now imagine how bad some people have had it. Because I deal with breathing problems everyday, and my lungs are so bad, that every thing I breathe I can tell you what the humidity is, what elevation were at. Or if something is burning somewhere and blowing it to me... and I know that I'm just a bad breathing day away from death...thanks for being honest and forthright with your knowledge on this topic....

[@Steve-xw6qg]

Excellent video. I would also love to see someone put an air quality meter on a drone and send it through a few different trails left behind those planes that seem to be spraying stuff into our air. I have no doubt those aren't contrails, but there's only one way to put that question to bed.

[@Elhastezy888]

Barium. Deadly & its #1 being sprayed along with many other metal particulates, chemicals, mold spores & more. California scientists have collected & identified the chemtrails. Many have been murdered & i no longer have access to the info. If I had known it would dissappear I would have embedded edit:typos

[@clintkaster6269]

Oh please.

[@drakes4625]

no the visible stuff is literally steam. Steam at high altitudes turns white. It's exactly like clouds. The actual pollution from the plane is invisible. Scientists have proven this. Theyre not conspiring against you

[@karenmino4472]

Check out Dane W...... The Deming if you want to know about the spraying

[@duanecarroll8255]

Ok, if all the airlines didn't have to carry several hundred tons of chems on every flight, would we still have to pay those fucking overweight baggage fees?

[@JetJ321]

Two points 1. I have Just read a couple of comments that said it was worse in the 70s and 80s. So air in the cities or some cities is getting better? I don't live in the city So I don't have experience with that. 2. Give climate changes so bad why are these big conglomerates allowed to rip down our forest and build all these housing developments? All of that concrete makes the whole world hotter! These are also the same big organizations that are Giving all of us instructions on how to conserve But they are the ones They are making money off of doing the opposite

[@vylbird8014]

That's partly because of the introduction of catalytic converters. They don't actually stop cars emitting pollutants, but they change the chemistry of the pollutants into a less-damaging form. Electronic engine control also helped - it lets the engines run more efficiently, and produce less particulate pollution. It only happened because of regulations though - this isn't something that car manufacturers did voluntarily.

[@myoldvhstapes]

I'm surprised the segments filmed in L.A. leave out the very important fact that California cars do not emit exhaust fumes; "California Emission." Only the out-of-state cars do.

[@vylbird8014]

@@myoldvhstapes Even under Californian regulations, any combustion engine will produce some emissions. But yes, California's standards are stricter than other states. Something that manufacturers and even other states have sued them over, several times. Because any law that harms the corporate right to make money must be overturned.

[@myoldvhstapes]

@@vylbird8014: When I smell an out-of-state car, it reminds me of my past in New England.

[@swannoir7949]

We didn't have nanoparticles in the air either in the 70s and 80s. We didn't have Chen trails, either.

[@MasterDk78]

and they say smoking is dangerus, but just ignoring this?

[@odoylerules4503]

both can be dangerous at the same time bud

[@louisesumrell6331]

I used to live in apartments that were at the intersection of two major streets in town. The dust was black. I could scratch my head at night and have black dirt in my fingernails. Been living in a house in a neighborhood with yards and trees for a few months. Clean fingernails and no black dust.

[@greggrisham6025]

I grew uo in Gwinnett and spent time in several different house's and apartments. And all the way north to s.Carolina and the same MOLD smell reminded me of 35 yrs ago. In tents camping as well

[@namasterising]

where can you get these monitors?

[@cotton9595]

Platinum is used in exhaust systems in catalytic converters

[@swannoir7949]

Why platinum? Isn't that more valuable than gold?

[@odoylerules4503]

@@swannoir7949 its an extremely useful metal chemistry wise, they don't just put it in there for no reason. Its almost a micro amount of platinum. There's also gold in the device you're looking at right now

[@swannoir7949]

@@odoylerules4503 gotcha.

[@gloriasiess1129]

The Inland empire of Calif. is so toxic in the summer heat you feel like youre living in a car's muffler. I have been in the local mountains for 20 years now, and the damage has not been undone.

[@clintkaster6269]

I drove through the ag districts a couple times the last few years and the chemical tang in the air is amazing. It's been an eye opener for how "industrial" our ag really is. We may be populating ourselves into oblivion.

[@mansoormannix1753]

In some very corrupt countries like Kenya, the government who is supposed to ease tax on things like bicycles and cooking gas the government is in fact triple tax those commodities, it is cheap to buy motorcycle in Kenya than common bicycle, charcoal is now cheaper than gas, how can we save ourselves and contribute to reduce carbon emissions?

[@seedplanter7173]

It's a big hoax..they keep you in fear so you will except their tyranny without realizing you are becoming their slaves ..Hegelian dialectic. Everything is under their control as you watch their PROGRAM..

[@TheeRocker]

This is not about America. And the world should follow a good example.

[@stephaniepiazzese2602]

I drink a little Bentonite clay in water, every day. It has a strong magnetic pull. Also superior black seed oil, protects the respiratory sytem.

[@Herbalm8den]

Bentonite clay can also be added to bath water to pull metallic nano particles used in weather modification out through the skin.

[@karenmino4472]

God provides for His precious children 🙏 Jesus Christ has already won this spiritual battle and He is coming back soon and I hope that you know Jesus as your Lord and Savior because eternity is way too long to be WRONG Y'all ✝️💜🙏👏👏👏👍

[@petebarnesTaiChi]

Clean air should be a RIGHT and a top priority, not a secondary goal if possible

[@deserteagle946]

Stratospheric aerosol injection Aerosolized aluminum Weather modifier Climate changer

[@louvinewilliamson3829]

Spraying the skies all the time

[@Emy53]

This planet will be a sandbox within the next few decades. This planet is supposed to be fairly new, but look how damaged it is already. Once the destruction begins, it will continue to deteriorate at a rapid pace. It's like melting ice...once it begins, the ice gets smaller and smaller until it is no more...bleak but true. The sad thing is they call how far we've come as progress.

[@ianbardon8581]

The planet will see us off and evolve.

[@sketchimation_shorts]

And people say installing public transit is too expensive. It's pennies compared to the cost of life.

[@rogerlane5890]

We should all be running our vehicles on hydrogen anyway but the petrol gods will never let that happen!

[@jacquelineseely5393]

I would like to see a water filtration system on our exhaust from the cars. Thus would make them cleaner than electric

[@CentralCalifornia]

I was born in our la I live in Central California in Kings County I remember going to LA once and my head was hurting from the smog

[@aresmars2003]

You can compare to my mom's generation in the 1940s as a child in Minneapolis, shoveling coal directly into a house furnace to heat in the winter where there was much worse particulates with millions of homes heated this way. The US improved water and air quality since the 1970s, and ended (EVIL leaded gasoline), but cities are much larger now, and there are many times more cars. I always hated gasoline lawn mowers, have used electric, corded in 1990s, and battery since 2005, and cost is a fraction of a penny per mowing. I'd get an electric car, but still pricey, and so compromise with a used Honda Fit, and drive minimally,

[@patshelby9285]

Bless you.

[@andreabontempo643]

Electric cars are the most toxic of all. Extracting the lithium fro the earth is very invasive and toxic to those working to mine this. This green agenda is about one thing and one thing only and that is the creation of the one world government. Klause Scwabbs wet dream

[@aresmars2003]

@@andreabontempo643 Wow, that's a bad world you live in. I'm glad I don't live there.

[@susanmercurio1060]

I mow the lawn with an old-fashioned rotary reel mower, powered by human effort. Great exercise for me, and zero pollution. I can burn off the pancakes I had for breakfast.

[@aresmars2003]

@@susanmercurio1060 Good for you! I did that for 15 years, and couldn't find anyone to sharpen the blade, and then got a used electric which worked well too.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

*Rain, Nature's Natural Air Scrubber.* That is why I love the rain in the Netherlands.

[@Livetoeat171]

In 1982, I went into the military at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. I had to go down to LA a couple of times to pick people up at the airport and a half an hour outside of LA, my eyes started burning and still burning until the next day that's how bad the pollution is down there

[@cwitham69]

Many years ago when I worked at the Cleveland Museum of Art (the 1980s), they decided to abate all of the asbestos in the building. When the project was finally completed they reviewed the data recorders they had set up from the beginning in key locations throughout the buildings. Come to find out they had unusually high ppm counts of asbestos in the north lobby - the main entrance. Guess what? Hundreds of cars stopped in the front right there every day to let people out to enter the Museum and then proceed to park their vehicles down the way in the lot. Every time a car braked & came to a stop, its brake pads scraped and shed asbestos particles into the air! Wow, a real eye-opener for everyone... I understand the material composition has since removed asbestos from brake pads - yes?

[@marcdouglasvogt7167]

Pretty striped chemical line clouds in the sky for 'The Children's Safety' of course. -marc27, The Truth Finder5, It's Contractual Legal Fiction

[@theluckydogco]

Well done!