Traffic pollution increases chronic kidney disease hospitalizations up to 4x. A 10-year study shows that vehicle emissions (PM2.5) enter the bloodstream, triggering kidney inflammation and premature organ aging.

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-026-39558-5

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    1. GOP just ok’d a measure to allow for fuel to be watered down to push down gas prices, which over-pollutes everything: people, environment, and their car.

    2. Mikey-2-Guns on

      Just another good reason to settledown into a nice large open suburban home where only a handful of cars go down your street every hour instead of being jammed into an apartment the size of a prison cell inside an urban hellscape surrounded by roads packed with with cars buses and trucks.