Biking and breathing may be hazardous in the city
source: http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2010/06/riding_you_bike_through_the_ci.html?utm_sourc...
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As if people who ride their bikes to work through downtown Baltimore, or downtown anywhere, don't have enough to worry about:
A report in the U.K. Times says that bikers in urban areas inhale tens of millions of toxic nanoparticles every time they take a breath. That's five times more than drivers or walkers.
We read about this on the website Grist and had to take a look. The research was done by outfitting the bikers with masks that measured pollution going in. The researchers at Belgium's Hassalt University say it's a first-of-its-kind study, which was just published in Atmospheric Environment.
Not surprisingly, bikers breath more deeply so they take in a lot more pollution. Bearthing such nanoparticles, mainly containing car exhaust, can cause heart disease and respiratory problems.
read more:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2010/06/riding_you_bike_through_the_ci.ht...
A report in the U.K. Times says that bikers in urban areas inhale tens of millions of toxic nanoparticles every time they take a breath. That's five times more than drivers or walkers.
We read about this on the website Grist and had to take a look. The research was done by outfitting the bikers with masks that measured pollution going in. The researchers at Belgium's Hassalt University say it's a first-of-its-kind study, which was just published in Atmospheric Environment.
Not surprisingly, bikers breath more deeply so they take in a lot more pollution. Bearthing such nanoparticles, mainly containing car exhaust, can cause heart disease and respiratory problems.
read more:
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2010/06/riding_you_bike_through_the_ci.ht...
