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Tryptaminev@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

i am quite certain that people do not emit particles or NOx like this. In particular nobody is just exhaling heavy metals.

bbc.com/…/20240703-how-4-july-fireworks-pollute-t…

Here is a map for New Years in Germany with a nice slider. Particle concentration increases up to 1000x the base-value of that day (which already includes people setting off fireworks earlier)

gis.uba.de/website/silvester/

Unless it is normal for people at football games to ignite pyrotechniques, or they all smoke 5 packs of cigarettes each during the game, there is nothing that would make a comparable pollution.

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