This stopped me in my tracks. An independent study by @qmul.bsky.social has found that after ULEZ was introduced, children’s lungs grew faster in Central London and have now caught up with children outside of the capital. Incredible.
Queen Mary University of London
Air pollution stunts children’s lung growth. New Queen Mary research found that improvements in air quality after the introduction of London’s ULEZ are associated with accelerated lung growth in children. Read more: shorturl.at/Jx86o
Aug 19, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Introduction of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone linked to improved lung growth in children
Children's stunted lungs show recovery in ultra low emission zone
Children's lung capacity caught up with their peers in less polluted areas once a clean air zone came in, a study shows.
The Kids Are (Mostly) Alright: New Pew Study Deflates The Social Media Panic
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Psychopolitical Anaphylaxis: Steps Towards a Metacosmics
A scholar led open access publishing collective
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KFF/The Washington Post Survey of Parents: Polling Insights on the MAHA Movement | KFF
These findings from the KFF/Washington Post Survey of Parents shed light on parents who support the Make America Healthy Again movement, including the issues they see as top concerns for their children's wellbeing and their attitudes when it comes to vaccines and government regulations on food.
Suburbanasia
The environment younger Millennials and older Gen-Z grew up in withered away their ability to mitigate stress and handle disagreements. Is there any way to fix it?
Rutger Bregman on Twitter / X
Devastating review of the degrowth literature (561 studies): --> 'few studies use quantitative or qualitative data...' --> [those that do] 'tend to include small samples or focus on non-representative cases' -->'large majority (almost 90%) are opinions rather than analysis' pic.twitter.com/1OQuUhzfk5— Rutger Bregman (@rcbregman) September 4, 2024
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I didn’t realise how much of my baseline was illness until parts of it disappeared.
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The highly lucrative trade in children in care reveals another level of cynicism altogether.
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Nobody quite recovers from being a child: the asymmetry of power between parents and children always leaves a trace
Paris said au revoir to cars. Air pollution maps reveal a dramatic change.
Air pollution fell substantially as the city restricted car traffic and made way for parks and bike lanes.
Social media and youth mental health: Simple narratives produce biased interpretations.
Science Banana on Twitter / X
I don't even know where to start with this crap (partly because it's hard to tell which of the studies the 17 "jogging" effects came from, partly because it seems obvious from the paper that the more studies the more the "effect" disappears) https://t.co/Gniv5Ht8g3 pic.twitter.com/qbToQ2yOGM— Science Banana (@literalbanana) March 12, 2024
