Is all of this pollution REDUCING life expectancy?

Question

I'm just wondering whether this cocktail of chemicals and gases we have in the Earth's atmosphere nowadays is having a negative effect on our health and ultimately our life expectancy or not. With all of this sulphur dioxide, carbon dioxide (I don't know if this would pose a risk), nitrous oxide and what have you in the air, it must be clogging our insides up to some extent.

On the other hand though, our bodies are probably developed enough to easily shrug off all of these chemicals, fumes and temperature increases.

It's quite a difficult question because it might be hard to easily find out. I'd really like to know your opinions on this because I don't know much about science.

Thanks, farmer.

Answer 1

Our bodies are designed to deal with some types of chemical pollution.  We've evolved to be able to deal with a lot of chemical insults. The problem comes with all of the modern industrial chemicals that we've created.  Things like plasticizers that get leached out of water bottles can mimic hormones in our bodies, and disrupt their normal functioning.  Diesel engine exhaust produces very fine carbon particles which, in a short term exposure, wouldn't be a problem.  Long term constant exposure, on the other hand, can cause emphysema, bronchitis, and a lot of other health problems.    There's a lot of things like this that, in small, short-term exposures, we can deal with, but in long-term chronic exposures, cause serious health issues.

Answer 2

the worst pollution is in your head

your head is filled with advertising of products you are a consumer of

what you buy determines who you are

what you feed your body will determine the lenght of your journey.  If you eat tons of raw fruits and veggies, your body will get rid of toxins, trapped in your body

pollution will not kill you, you will

your spirit is trapped in your brain

your spirit is the fuel that operates the body

without a body, you are a nobody

treat your body as it should

your body will serve you according to what you are feeding it

your body can be your servant

your body can heal on its own too, without medications

you take medications because you do not trust your body

you take medications because you are filled with advertising in your brain, advertising trying to convince you to take medications

medications is what will kill you in the end

as within

so without

Answer 3

It does not appear so. Most places in the world life expectancy is improving. The modern world has found a way to deal with most pollution that shortens life. Sewerage, bad water, garbage and a safe food supply are all culprits for shortened life in previous centuries. The modern world has found ways to solve most of those problems. Also good prenatal and postnatal care have increased chances for the very young to live to a ripe old age.

I think we will find that the most likely type of pollution to effect long life will be indoor air pollution. People build tighter and tighter homes to save energy but are trapping pollutants in their homes in concentrations that will effect their health.