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Health benefits of walking or cycling outweigh air pollution risks

Jocelyn Timperley
clock 05 May 2016 •
Health benefits of walking or cycling outweigh air pollution risks

Major new study finds overall health benefits of active travel outweigh pollution risks in 99 per cent of the world's cities

The health benefits of walking and cycling outweigh the harmful effects of air pollution in all but a few cases, a major new study has found. The research will provide reassurance to those concerned...

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