CleanTechnica•8 days ago
Air Pollution Linked To Breast Cancer (Research)
Key Takeaway
The strong link between air pollution and severe health outcomes will intensify regulatory pressure and public demand for cleaner energy, impacting all aspects of power generation and consumption.
AI Summary
- •Research indicates a link between air pollution, specifically from gas and diesel vehicles, and breast cancer, underscoring the severe, often invisible, health impacts of combustion emissions.
- •This health-related finding is likely to intensify public and regulatory pressure for cleaner energy sources, potentially accelerating the transition away from fossil fuels and increasing demand for zero-emission technologies.
- •Expect heightened scrutiny and potentially stricter emissions standards (e.g., NOx, SOx, PM2.5) for all combustion-based power generation, driving policy support for renewable energy, energy storage, and other low-carbon alternatives.
- •Developers and IPPs should anticipate increased social license challenges for high-emitting projects and a stronger market signal favoring projects that reduce local air pollutants, impacting project viability and financing.
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Article Content
Air pollution produced by gas and diesel vehicles is a bit tricky because sometimes we see it in the form of smog and smoke coming from tailpipes or bus or tractor-trailer stacks, but we don’t see most of it because it isn’t visible to the naked eye. One of the ... [continued] The post Air Pollution Linked To Breast Cancer (Research) appeared first on CleanTechnica .