Not sure if I buy that. Here in Hong Kong, we experience numerous typhoons (there’s a super typhoon tomorrow, which is closing work and school for two days!). Yet we have one of the highest life expectancies anywhere.
I haven’t watched the video, but I’m not sure if I think inclement weather causes people to die earlier unless it unleashes some kind of bacteriological disaster.
Exposure to ambient air pollution and onset of Parkinson’s disease in a large cohort study 2025
Overall, no significant associations were found between PM2.5, NO2 exposure, and PD onset for this cohort, or in males, females, and those aged 50+ years. However, we found some evidence of a statistically significant association between air pollution exposure and PD onset, using our prescriptions-based proxy, among under-50s. In the absence of alternative measures of PD onset for this cohort, it remains unclear how to interpret this estimated association.
This is not directly related, but speaking of air pollution, it also depends on the car exhaust control technology as in this example - pretty amazing:
10 Most Broken Cars Still Driving in Africa (Turvoi)
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefits of reducing air pollution, using the cost estimates of avoided asthma attacks and premature deaths to justify clean-air rules.
Not anymore.
Under President Trump, the E.P.A. plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone, when regulating industry, according to internal agency emails and documents reviewed by The New York Times.
It’s a seismic shift that runs counter to the E.P.A.’s mission statement, which says the agency’s core responsibility is to protect human health and the environment, environmental law experts said.
Read the Full article: E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution (NY Times)