The lead petrol thing took a while to establish. This may too.
What's Altzheimer rates like in India? Heaps of exposure and now emerging middle class so less use of charcoal overall but still high rates of (childhood) exposure.
Gas cooking is ubiquitous. Lots of new builds have only recirculating exhausts.
> Or into the future with high EV cities and a drop in PM2.5?
We can hope but - tire wear produces similar sized micro plastic pollution [0] and electric cars are heavier and are likely to produce more of them [1]. Add into mix that chemically different make up and who knows [2]
[0] e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/03/car-tyre... [2]
[1] https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S13522...
[2] e.g https://newatlas.com/environment/tire-particles-swimming-abn...
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