Report: Using Bikes to Run Errands, Instead of Cars, Saves Lives and Cuts Stress
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Ashwani Vasishth
Dec 21, 2011, 8:32:34 AM12/21/11
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Using Bikes Instead of Cars to Run Errands Saves Lives, Money
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have concluded that 1,100 deaths would be avoided each year if Midwesterners ran half of their short-distance errands by bike rather than by car. An additional $7 billion in health-care costs would also be saved. The benefits were based on a presumed reduction in air pollution particulates and ozone, which increase the risk of heart attack, strokes, and asthma. The researchers also factored in the health benefits of increased exercise.
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Using Bikes Instead of Cars to Run Errands Saves Lives, Money
Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have concluded that 1,100 deaths would be avoided each year if Midwesterners ran half of their short-distance errands by bike rather than by car. An additional $7 billion in health-care costs would also be saved. The benefits were based on a presumed reduction in air pollution particulates and ozone, which increase the risk of heart attack, strokes, and asthma. The researchers also factored in the health benefits of increased exercise.
Learn more:
http://goo.gl/vEWBx
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