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  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 22,729 ✭✭✭✭✭

    PM2.5 pollution from EV charging expected to increase risk of lung and heart disease

    A Tesla Supercharger station pictured. 60% of all inspected stations were Tesla's (Image source: Tesla Charging via X)A Tesla Supercharger station pictured. 60% of all inspected stations were Tesla's (Image source: Tesla Charging via X)
    UCLA researchers have measured unusually high levels of PM2.5 in the air around direct current fast-charging EV stations, raising concerns about the potential health impacts of electric vehicles. The measurements were taken in Los Angeles County, California.

    The term PM2.5 refers to particulate matter 2.5 micrometers in diameter or smaller. Both PM2.5 and PM10 are known to have adverse effects on health, while PM2.5 is still more deadly as it penetrates deeper into the human body.

    The California Air Resources Board conducted a study and found that children living in areas with high levels of PM2.5 had slower lung growth. At age 18, they also had smaller lungs compared to their counterparts in areas with lower levels of PM2.5. In addition, PM2.5 contributes to about 2,800 hospitalizations for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, and about 6,700 emergency room visits for asthma each year in California. There are other negative health effects also attributed to PM2.5.

    The recent study by some UCLA researchers measured daily PM2.5 concentrations at 7.2 to 39 micrograms per cubic meter in direct current fast-charging EV stations. These numbers are significantly higher than what was found in urban areas without these charging stations — 3.6 to 12.4 micrograms per cubic meter.

    https://www.notebookcheck.net/PM2-5-pollution-from-EV-charging-expected-to-increase-risk-of-lung-and-heart-disease.1054186.0.html

  • ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 11,761 ✭✭✭✭✭

    But they're saving the planet from climate change.

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • Rdp77Rdp77 Posts: 7,641 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Eddie Bauer changed their longtime logo because their new generation of customers couldn’t read the cursive writing.

  • ShawnOLShawnOL Posts: 11,761 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What's Cursive?

    Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.

  • silvermousesilvermouse Posts: 22,729 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 17

    Cursive: wtf, I can't read this ****.

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