How long do electric vehicle batteries actually last? : NPR

Decade-old EVs are overwhelmingly on their original batteries …

https://www.npr.org/2026/03/02/nx-s1-5706658/electric-vehicle-battery-lifespan

 

 

 

Air pollution is slashing years off the lives of billions, report finds

"Furthermore, we're not just letting it happen, we're actually causing it," …
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/01/air-pollution-is-slashing-years-off-the-lives-of-billions-report-finds

Black Lives Are Shorter in Chicago. My Family’s History Shows Why. - The New York Times

… In 2019, during sworn testimony before Congress, Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen claimed that his boss had characterized Black Chicago with disdain and blame: "While we were once driving through a struggling neighborhood in Chicago," Trump "commented that only Black people could live that way." In 2018, the American Values Survey found that 45 percent of white Americans believed that socioeconomic disparities are really a matter of not trying hard enough — and that if Black people put in more effort, they could be just as well off as white people. 

What really happened was more sinister. On the South Side of Chicago, a pattern of intentional, government-sanctioned policies systematically extracted the wealth from Black neighborhoods, bringing an erosion of health for generations of people, leaving them to live sick and die young…

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/27/magazine/life-expectancy-racial-gap.html

Comparisons to Soda Reveal Unexpected Consequences of Drinking Fruit Juice - Inverse

When it comes to your long-term health, there may not be much of a difference between soda and fruit juice. New research in the open-access journal 'JAMA Network Open' suggests that the sugar content in juice and soda can both contribute to shortened lifespans.....
https://www.inverse.com/article/55920-is-fruit-juice-healthier-than-soda