Come on, the article referred &quot;you could get sick just by standing in the street&quot; - if that&#x27;s not hyperbole, I don&#x27;t know what that is.<p>&gt; with a 36% increase in lung cancer per 10 μg&#x2F;m3 as it can penetrate deeper into the lungs<p>Observational study. That says everything, it does not account for all variables that have to be taken in account and therefore the effect cannot be isolated.<p>&gt; An increase in estimated annual exposure to PM 2.5 of just 5 µg&#x2F;m3 was linked with a 13% increased risk of heart attacks.<p>Annual exposure. Not standing in the streets for 5 minutes like the article suggests.<p>Yes, we should temper our language and use Good Science and not Sensationalism.