Car Fumes Stunts Child Lung Growth

I chose this article since we are currently studying the respiratory system and this article is kind related to our topic. According to http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/6297701.stm, children living near major road ways are at a higher risk of having lung disease. In my opinion, it's another one of those pointless studies. Well, YEAH, car fumes are bad for human body, any kind of foreign chemical is bad. We don't need to spend money on studies like this. I am environmentally conscience but research like this does nothing but stating the obvious. There are already so many studies out there pointing out the dangers of this and that. How did our ancestors survive the past centuries under what we would consider today unsanitary and dangerous conditions. If we all follow what these researchers suggest, the safest thing out there is to be dead. I say, kid, don't put your face in the muffler and stay away from the roads. The cars will kill you before the chemicals do.