Clean air improves heart health, Olympics show
Using the 2008 Beijing Olympics as a lab, researchers found evidence that even short-term reduction in air pollution exposure improves a person’s cardiovascular health.
“Beijing is one of the most polluted cities in the world, and the Chinese government had proposed to reduce pollution levels to be comparable to other Olympic host cities,” says USC Professor Junfeng (Jim) Zhang.
“We wanted to take advantage of such a huge intervention and look at what happens to people biologically.”
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having urban life is really the best, specially when you are at bad condition and is in need of clean and fresh air to breathe.