My parents moved after I left home to a house that backed up against a highway. It was extremely noisy in their back yard. If that was OK with them, fine. But they also had a layer of filth that would cover everything in the back yard. You could clean it off and within a day or two it would be back. I believe it was tire particles and brake dust and I think studies show that to be the case in the immediate vicinity of major roadways. My mother died of cancer while living in that house. I always wonder if that would have happened had they picked another house.
When we bought our first new home, we toured the models of the development and then sat down with the agent to pick a lot. I noticed that one home was significantly more expensive than the others for no reason I could tell. I asked the agent why that was. She said because there were no homes behind it. I said, “yeah that’s because it backs up to a FOUR LANE ROAD!”. She just smiled. I think she agreed with my perspective.[/quote]
first sorry for your loss.
second, I think you are 100% spot on. the evidence on malignancy and dementia from pollution is quite overwhelming.
