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    From Spike@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 17 09:03:56 2023
    Everything you wanted to know about Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone.

    <https://www.uk100.org/projects/knowledgehub/birminghams-clean-air-zone>

    The only thing that isn’t mentioned are the reductions in asthma and other lung conditions. This is surprising as ‘health benefits’ are the most-often touted reason for introducing such zones.

    Why this silence? Why are the ‘health benefits’ elusive? Were such zones founded on faith rather than fact?

    It is very similar to the claimed ‘health benefits’ of bicycling, where decades of data show that for the major killer diseases, the Dutch -
    despite all their bicycling - are no healthier than the English.

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  • From colwyn@21:1/5 to Spike on Sat Aug 19 12:45:31 2023
    On 17/08/2023 10:03, Spike wrote:
    Everything you wanted to know about Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone.

    <https://www.uk100.org/projects/knowledgehub/birminghams-clean-air-zone>

    The only thing that isn’t mentioned are the reductions in asthma and other lung conditions. This is surprising as ‘health benefits’ are the most-often
    touted reason for introducing such zones.

    Why this silence? Why are the ‘health benefits’ elusive? Were such zones founded on faith rather than fact?

    It is very similar to the claimed ‘health benefits’ of bicycling, where decades of data show that for the major killer diseases, the Dutch -
    despite all their bicycling - are no healthier than the English.


    Yeah ! Right!

    The Netherlands ranks highest for quality of life in 2023
    Published on 30 January 2023 at 16:00
    According to the most recent findings from Numbeo, the Netherlands ranks
    #1 for quality of life based on several factors including cost of
    living, crime rates, healthcare, commute times, and environmental
    pollution. Denmark and Switzerland came in second and third
    respectively, rounding out the top 3.

    Contact amsterdam inbusiness
    Official foreign investment agency of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area
    Get in touch for information on setting up your business in the
    Amsterdam area.
    Helping international companies make a start in Amsterdam
    Contact me
    amsterdaminbusiness@amsterdam.nl
    Consistently a global top performer
    Numbeo is the world’s largest crowd-sourced quality of life database, combining information on housing indicators, perceived crime rates,
    healthcare quality, transport quality, and other statistics for
    countries and cities all around the globe. Their 2023 Quality of Life
    Index takes into account several factors including:

    Purchasing power

    Pollution level and climate index

    Affordability of housing

    Cost of living

    Safety index

    Quality of healthcare system

    Traffic commute times

    The Netherlands ranked #1 for overall quality of life globally, scoring
    High to Very High in all the above categories with the exception of
    pollution levels (Low), traffic commute time (Very Low), and cost of
    living (Moderate).

    Denmark and Switzerland took the remaining top spots. The same 3
    European countries were named as top performers in last year’s ranking,
    with Switzerland taking 1st and the Netherlands taking 3rd.

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  • From Spike@21:1/5 to colwyn on Sat Aug 19 13:17:31 2023
    colwyn <guddiesx@btinternet.invalid> wrote:
    On 17/08/2023 10:03, Spike wrote:
    Everything you wanted to know about Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone.

    <https://www.uk100.org/projects/knowledgehub/birminghams-clean-air-zone>

    The only thing that isn’t mentioned are the reductions in asthma and other >> lung conditions. This is surprising as ‘health benefits’ are the most-often
    touted reason for introducing such zones.

    Why this silence? Why are the ‘health benefits’ elusive? Were such zones >> founded on faith rather than fact?

    It is very similar to the claimed ‘health benefits’ of bicycling, where >> decades of data show that for the major killer diseases, the Dutch -
    despite all their bicycling - are no healthier than the English
    Yeah ! Right!

    The Netherlands ranks highest for quality of life in 2023

    We’re not talking about quality of life, we’re talking about quality of death - which appears from the data to be very little different to the UK.

    Published on 30 January 2023 at 16:00
    According to the most recent findings from Numbeo, the Netherlands ranks
    #1 for quality of life based on several factors including cost of
    living, crime rates, healthcare, commute times, and environmental
    pollution. Denmark and Switzerland came in second and third
    respectively, rounding out the top 3.

    Contact amsterdam inbusiness
    Official foreign investment agency of the Amsterdam Metropolitan Area
    Get in touch for information on setting up your business in the
    Amsterdam area.
    Helping international companies make a start in Amsterdam
    Contact me
    amsterdaminbusiness@amsterdam.nl
    Consistently a global top performer
    Numbeo is the world’s largest crowd-sourced quality of life database, combining information on housing indicators, perceived crime rates, healthcare quality, transport quality, and other statistics for
    countries and cities all around the globe. Their 2023 Quality of Life
    Index takes into account several factors including:

    Purchasing power

    Pollution level and climate index

    Affordability of housing

    Cost of living

    Safety index

    Quality of healthcare system

    Traffic commute times

    The Netherlands ranked #1 for overall quality of life globally, scoring
    High to Very High in all the above categories with the exception of
    pollution levels (Low), traffic commute time (Very Low), and cost of
    living (Moderate).

    Denmark and Switzerland took the remaining top spots. The same 3
    European countries were named as top performers in last year’s ranking, with Switzerland taking 1st and the Netherlands taking 3rd.

    None of which addresses the issue.


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