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Air pollution causes cancer, world health authority says
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Air pollution causes cancer, world health authority says
Read it all: http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/17/health...index.html

Quote:Air pollution is a now officially a carcinogen, and there are no caveats about the new classification.

"We know that it is causing cancer in humans," said spokesman Kurt Straif.

In 2010, lung cancer resulting from air pollution took the lives of 223,000 people worldwide. As pollution levels climb, so will the rate of cancer, the WHO said.

And there is only one way to stop it: Clean up the air.
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RE: Air pollution causes cancer, world health authority says
*Puffs pipe, farts*

Meh, I don't drive.
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RE: Air pollution causes cancer, world health authority says
But But.....my profits and oligopoly on fossil fuels and any technology pertaining to it!
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I would be a televangelist....but I have too much of a soul.
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RE: Air pollution causes cancer, world health authority says
In other news, water is wet.
Christian apologetics is the art of rolling a dog turd in sugar and selling it as a donut.
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