I'm no scientist, but according to the video, here's some NO2 figures to think on:
limit for vehicle emissions is 40 microgrammes/m3;
In the guy's apartment, he got readings of 80 microgrammes / m3;
When they turned on 2 rings of the gas cooker, they got 1,300 microgrammes / m3;
A smoker inhales between 500,000 and 1,000,000 microgrammes / m3.
A 40 year smoker on average has a life expectancy of maybe 15 years less than a non-smoker.
Also, I've heard, the particles emitted by older diesels are much larger (meaning they don't stay airborne for very long) than the EU6/6A+ particulates which are so fine they pass through lung tissue and directly enter the bloodstream, and they are known to be carcinogenic.
If this is BS then who knows who or what to believe.
Again, we common plebs turn to government appointed experts to provide us with reliable scientifically proven info, and all we get is political bias and bollox laws, just to satisfy some jumped up politician's ego and political gain.
If the EU NO2 limit of 40 microgrammes / m3 was the maximum scientifically proven safe level, I wouldn't complain at all.
It's hard to believe it is, as a smoker inhaling 500,000 to 1,000,000 microgrammes / m3, I would have dropped down dead at 20 years old.. and I'm 65 and not alone. OK maybe I'll die 15 years before the average non-smoker, but it's a lottery, not a rule to base legislation on. If they ban cars exceeding that level, why don't they ban gas cookers and water heaters and illegalise smoking, FFS.
How much NO2 does a car factory produce, per vehicle.
My dear sister died of lung cancer at 67, she never smoked and she lived on the outskirts of town with next to no traffic pollution.
That mayor of Stuttgart who was penalised should have stood his ground on this one, and challenged the decision in the courts. It's time this nonsense was put a stop to, or properly verified scientifically, and published.
We're all bloody mushrooms.
Rant over, for now...