Air pollution has been linked to weakening of bones:
Poor air quality may be a modifiable risk factor for osteoporosis and bone fractures, especially among people living in low-income communities, according to a newly published analysis of data from two independent studies.
In one study researchers documented higher rates of hospital admissions for bone fractures in communities exposed to elevated levels of ambient particulate matter (PM2·5) air pollution in an analysis of data on more than nine million Medicare enrollees.
In another 8-year follow-up of approximately 700 middle-age, low-income adults participating in a bone health study, participants living in areas with relatively high levels of PM2·5 and black carbon vehicle emissions had lower levels of a key calcium and bone-related hormone and greater decreases in bone mineral density than participants exposed to lower levels of these air pollutants.
All associations were linear and observed -- at least for part of the PM2·5 distribution -- at PM2·5 concentrations below the annual average limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (12 μg/m3) and most other industrialized nations.
[...] The researchers acknowledged multiple limitations in both studies, which limit the ability to establish causality. But in an editorial [open, DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(17)30143-2] [DX] published with the studies, Tuan Nguyen, PhD, of the Garvan Institute of Medical Research in New South Wales, Australia, wrote that the studies are just the latest in a growing body of research linking air pollution exposure to osteoporosis: "Osteoporosis and its consequence of fragility fracture represent one of the most important public health problems worldwide because fracture is associated with increased mortality."
Association of air particulate pollution with bone loss over time and bone fracture risk: analysis of data from two independent studies (open, DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(17)30136-5) (DX)
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(Score: 4, Informative) by c0lo on Wednesday November 15 2017, @01:17AM (6 children)
Faults (in the appearance order):
1. (nitpicking) the "Personally" is meaningless in a phrase where "we" is the subject all over and again. You aren't talking about you multiple personalities, are you?
2. Extrapolation from the US conditions to the entire world. There are countries in which the income inequality is kept at a healthy level (yes, there is a dose where wealth inequality is healthy). Perhaps you can consider immigrating in such countries and reconsider your human-species-wide-doom scenario.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday November 15 2017, @02:54AM (5 children)
Recent headline: Richest 1% own half the world's wealth, study finds [theguardian.com]
Is it better within some countries examined by themselves? Sure. Is inequality leading to a human-species-wide doomsday scenario? Maybe not. But it could be a factor that aggravates and leads to political turmoil in many places in the world, only to get worse as automation eliminates more skilled and unskilled jobs.
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(Score: 3, Funny) by c0lo on Wednesday November 15 2017, @03:18AM (1 child)
I think I'm gonna get myself an alternative qualification - driving instructor...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday November 16 2017, @12:51AM
However thought this was funny: in the future, only the rich will drive their own car; it will be a mark of prestige, to show the plebeans that they can be in control of themselves and their wealth.
Having a driving instructor for their progeny will almost be like having their personal tailor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 1, Offtopic) by frojack on Wednesday November 15 2017, @04:04AM (1 child)
Hence the loud pell-mell rush to start banning and confiscating guns even if it takes false flag attacks.
Where's my meds.....
No, you are mistaken. I've always had this sig.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday November 15 2017, @04:30AM
Unfortunately, the elites have yet to legalize and provide a daily allowance of cannabis, kratom, etc. to pacify the population. So your meds will have to wait until at least the late 2020s.
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(Score: 2, Interesting) by khallow on Wednesday November 15 2017, @06:27AM
In other words, we don't even know that wealth inequality is changing much less that current levels are bad or good. But it fills page and is free advertising for Credit Suisse.