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> Well I can certainly say one thing, thanks to EU regulation I don't have to eat chlorinated chicken, the air is clean

well, if you completely ignore that the EU pushed diesel over petrol, to protect its domestic industries

exactly the same as the chicken thing

neither are to protect your health, that's just a secondary effect that the EU uses for PR

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Comparing chlorinated chicken to diesel is just insane.

I visited the UK and the first thing I noticed when I was walking around the cities and towns as how much they stunk of diesel. Air quality made even the worst of US cities look good..

That is from old diesel cars. They are getting banned from cities.

Not sure, if anywhere other than London is moving away really. Especially considering bad public transport outside London, many people has to stick driving to city centres with cheap diesels. My manager was paying £30 road tax for his old diesel whereas my ULEZ compliant car costs above £330.

you're possibly right

diesel particulate emissions as a direct result of the EU legislation protecting EU industry cause about tens of thousands of deaths a year, mostly in Europe

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/may/15/diesel-e...

meanwhile chlorinated chicken has killed no-one

You're right -- diesel is at least a million times more harmful

No. Diesel, compared to petrol, is worst for short-term air pollution and better for CO2 emissions. And, ultimately, climate change is the biggest danger.

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