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"In 2021, an article published in the
Journal of Environment Research found
that pollution from burning coal, petroleum and gas was causing far more deaths
around the world than previously thought.
In fact, the fine particulate matter (known as PM 2.5) from cars, planes,
furnaces, coal plants and more, was behind the deaths of 1 in 5 people –
slightly more than cigarette smoking.
This is a simple medical fact was put on the design for a billboard that Comms
Declare and Doctors for the Environment recently submitted to Ooh Media, hoping
it would be published on bus stops in Perth.
But it was knocked back, for being “political” and for depicting smoking.
To be fair, the proposed billboard was political in that it asked people to
visit smokekills.com.au and email the federal government to stop new coal, oil
and gas projects and to prevent fossil fuel advertising. It also showed a woman
with a smoke stack near her lips, which may seem like smoking if you didn’t
look too carefully.
But that’s only half the story."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
