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Breathing PM2.5 as bad as smoking 155 cigarettes a year, report suggests

Living for one year in an area with high levels of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is as bad for human health as smoking 150 cigarettes a year, according to the British Heart Foundation.

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Red Bull installs clean air devices in company cars
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Nine fatal diseases are associated with air pollution
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Green spaces can prevent premature death
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Air pollution linked to Alzheimer’s disease
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Air pollution on London Underground four times worse than above ground
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Check air pollution levels before a trip abroad, study says
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Even at ‘low’ levels, PM2.5 pollution still causing thousands of hospital admissions in U.S.
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Air pollution linked to debilitating eye condition and blindness

Long-term exposure to air pollution has been linked to glaucoma, a debilitating eye condition that can cause blindness.

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How the Smog-Free Bicycle became big in China
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Living near a busy road increases lung cancer risk by 10%
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A hedge could cut air pollution by 50%
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U.S study: more African Americans die from PM2.5 exposure than other ethnic groups
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Air pollution to be monitored at 22 schools in Newcastle
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Scotland wildfires released six days worth of carbon
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Clean air must be the right of every child
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