Lobbyist: Conclusion Those who claim that automobile exhaust emissions are a risk to public health are mistaken. ██████ ███ ████ ████████ ██ ██████████ ███████ █████████ ██████████ █████ ████████ █████████ ██ ██████ ██████ ████████ ████████████ ██████ ████ █████████████
The argument cites a positive correlation between car exhaust levels and public health to support its conclusion that car exhaust has no serious negative effect on health.
This is a cookie-cutter example of a correlation-causation flaw. Just because two phenomena are positively correlated doesn't mean there is no negative causal relationship between them. It’s possible, even likely, that public health has improved in spite of car exhaust levels increasing. Public health has probably improved for a variety of other reasons that outweigh the negative impacts of auto emissions.
Analysis by MichaelWright
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