Carbon dioxide has no bearing on Beijing smog, EPA lists 5 major contributors to air pollution, none are smog

1/16/13, “Memo to Beijing: Carbon Dioxide Doesn’t Cause Smog,” American Thinker, Peter Wilson

“Even if you fervently believe that emitting carbon dioxide will lead to catastrophic global warming, CO2 has nothing — zero — to do with the air pollution in Beijing. And it’s not a mistake without consequences. China has a serious health problem to address, one that has effects carried past their national boundaries.

If Beijing chooses to placate environmentalists by spending money on carbon dioxide mitigation and diverts resources from smokestack scrubbers and automobile pollution controls, the result will be unnecessary suffering, sickness and premature deaths….

The EPA lists five major contributors to air pollution: Ozone, Particulate Matter, Carbon Monoxide, Nitrogen Oxides, Sulfur Dioxide, and Lead.”…via Tom Nelson





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