in Germany, The controversial opinion of more than 100 lung doctors to the effects of particulate pollution seems to be based on wrong calculations. Like the “taz” reported, the Initiator Dieter Köhler error in the document. It is, among other things, a comparison between the nitrogen dioxide pollution from the road traffic and the stress by Smoking.
The “taz” quoted from the opinion of the undersigned Doctors. It says a smoker in a few months, the same amount of nitrogen oxide from the diaphragm, for a non-Smoking for 80 years, the air in the outer area of the diaphragm.
According to the calculations of the newspaper, a smoker for the same amount of nitrogen oxide is in need of but not for a few months, but six to 32 years. The error arises due to a faulty translation and an incorrect output value. According to the “taz” is also in the calculation for the fine dust concentration is a mistake. This was by a factor of ten wrong.
The opinion of the Doctors had triggered a country wide debate on fine dust values. Although only a small portion of the 3800 have requested, signed by the members of the German society for pneumology, asked the Minister of transport, Andreas Scheuer, a Review of the values.
Created: 14.02.2019, 10:35 PM