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amluto02/20/20251 replyview on HN

To be fair, those are large particles, which are neither as dangerous nor as persistent as smaller particles. Unless you’re allergic to them, of course.


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hinkley02/20/2025

PM2.5 is the really nasty carcinogenic stuff, but pollen size overlaps substantially with other forms of soot and IIRC is a double digit percentage of poor urban air quality. It’s somewhere around fourth or fifth largest source.