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Date: Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 9:02 AM
Subject: Car Sick - monbiot.com
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Car Sick <http://www.monbiot.com/2017/03/05/car-sick/>
Posted: 05 Mar 2017 04:10 AM PST
A short, simple factsheet on the impacts of traffic pollution on childrenâs
health
By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 5th March 2017
I wrote this short factsheet for a local school suffering high levels of
air pollution, that are caused in part by the parents, sometimes driving
their children just 100 metres up the road. Part of the problem is that
many people are unaware of the link between pollution and health issues.
When I looked for a summary â in clear and simple language, that most
parents can quickly understand â of the damage that traffic pollution can
do to children, I could not find one. Nor could the transport campaigns I
consulted. So I decided to write my own.
Please feel free to reproduce it, adapt it and use it as you wish. Please
also let me know whether and how it can be improved.
If you find it useful, you might like to ask your school to circulate it
among the parents by email or on social media, or to print it out and stick
it in places (such as classroom doors) where it is likely to be seen.
If we could circulate such materials widely among schools, we could make a
material difference to the health of our children (and the rest of the
population).
*What Traffic Fumes Do to Our Children*
Every year, we discover more about the harm being* done* *to our children*
by the fumes that cars and other vehicles produce.
The more we learn, the worse it looks. In polluted places, the damage to
their health can be *very serious*.
By driving them to school and by sitting in our cars with the engines
idling, we are *helping to poison our own children*.
Here is what we now know about the harm that traffic pollution can do to
children:
It can damage the* growth of their lungs*. This means that the lungs of
children who have been affected donât work so well. The damage can
last for *the
rest of their lives*.
It raises the risk of *asthma* and *allergies*. For children who already
have asthma, pollution can make it *worse*.
It can damage *the development of their brains*. Air pollution can *reduce
childrenâs intelligence*, making it harder for them to learn.
It can* change their behaviour *and reduce their happiness. Air pollution
has been linked to *anxiety*, *depression* and *Attention Deficit Disorder*.
It raises the risk of *heart disease* later in their lives.
It can *cause cancer*, both in children and when they become adults.
*Unborn children* can also be affected by the pollution *their mothers
breathe*. Air pollution is linked to babies being born *prematurely *and*
small*.
Pollution *inside your car* can be *much worse* than pollution outside,
because the fumes are concentrated in the small space.
We donât mean to do this to our children. But once we know *how much we are
hurting them*, we can stop it, by *changing the way we travel*. Walking and
cycling are ideal.
Together we can sort this out, and *protect our children from harm*.
*The information sources for this factsheet can be found at
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/advpub/2016/6/EHP299.acco.pdf
<https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/advpub/2016/6/EHP299.acco.pdf>,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26825441
<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26825441>,
http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001792
<http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001792>
and https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/05/the-truth-about-londons-air-pollution
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/05/the-truth-about-londons-air-pollution>*
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From: George Monbiot <noreply+***@google.com>
Date: Mon, Mar 6, 2017 at 9:02 AM
Subject: Car Sick - monbiot.com
To: ***@gmail.com
Car Sick - monbiot.com <http://www.monbiot.com>
------------------------------
Car Sick <http://www.monbiot.com/2017/03/05/car-sick/>
Posted: 05 Mar 2017 04:10 AM PST
A short, simple factsheet on the impacts of traffic pollution on childrenâs
health
By George Monbiot, published on monbiot.com, 5th March 2017
I wrote this short factsheet for a local school suffering high levels of
air pollution, that are caused in part by the parents, sometimes driving
their children just 100 metres up the road. Part of the problem is that
many people are unaware of the link between pollution and health issues.
When I looked for a summary â in clear and simple language, that most
parents can quickly understand â of the damage that traffic pollution can
do to children, I could not find one. Nor could the transport campaigns I
consulted. So I decided to write my own.
Please feel free to reproduce it, adapt it and use it as you wish. Please
also let me know whether and how it can be improved.
If you find it useful, you might like to ask your school to circulate it
among the parents by email or on social media, or to print it out and stick
it in places (such as classroom doors) where it is likely to be seen.
If we could circulate such materials widely among schools, we could make a
material difference to the health of our children (and the rest of the
population).
*What Traffic Fumes Do to Our Children*
Every year, we discover more about the harm being* done* *to our children*
by the fumes that cars and other vehicles produce.
The more we learn, the worse it looks. In polluted places, the damage to
their health can be *very serious*.
By driving them to school and by sitting in our cars with the engines
idling, we are *helping to poison our own children*.
Here is what we now know about the harm that traffic pollution can do to
children:
It can damage the* growth of their lungs*. This means that the lungs of
children who have been affected donât work so well. The damage can
last for *the
rest of their lives*.
It raises the risk of *asthma* and *allergies*. For children who already
have asthma, pollution can make it *worse*.
It can damage *the development of their brains*. Air pollution can *reduce
childrenâs intelligence*, making it harder for them to learn.
It can* change their behaviour *and reduce their happiness. Air pollution
has been linked to *anxiety*, *depression* and *Attention Deficit Disorder*.
It raises the risk of *heart disease* later in their lives.
It can *cause cancer*, both in children and when they become adults.
*Unborn children* can also be affected by the pollution *their mothers
breathe*. Air pollution is linked to babies being born *prematurely *and*
small*.
Pollution *inside your car* can be *much worse* than pollution outside,
because the fumes are concentrated in the small space.
We donât mean to do this to our children. But once we know *how much we are
hurting them*, we can stop it, by *changing the way we travel*. Walking and
cycling are ideal.
Together we can sort this out, and *protect our children from harm*.
*The information sources for this factsheet can be found at
https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/advpub/2016/6/EHP299.acco.pdf
<https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/wp-content/uploads/advpub/2016/6/EHP299.acco.pdf>,
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26825441
<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26825441>,
http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001792
<http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001792>
and https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/05/the-truth-about-londons-air-pollution
<https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/feb/05/the-truth-about-londons-air-pollution>*
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