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Cycling in city: Green ride isnt a healthy option [1]

Cycling to work may seem the healthy option, but a study has shown that people riding in cities inhale tens of millions of toxic nanoparticles with every breath, at least five times more than drivers or pedestrians.

Publication Date: 
31/05/2010
Times Of India (New Delhi) [2]
Tags:
Vehicular Pollution [3], Health Effects [4], Respiratory Diseases [5], Health [6], Cycles [7], Times Of India (New Delhi) [8], Toxins [9], Walk and Cycle [10]

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[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/respiratory-diseases
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/times-india-new-delhi
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxins
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/walk-and-cycle