Sitting in traffic, breathing dirty air . . .

Mar 05, 2007  ·  06:48 AM  ·  permalink

Following the study last year linking asthma and inner-city children to diesel pollutants, a new study by the Clean Air Task Force and reported by Reuters finds that diesel soot shortens lives and that “fine particle pollutants released from the exhaust of diesel-powered vehicles pose a major health risk to commuters.”

Yet another reason to bike to work.

posted by: DL Byron

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