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JohnWxy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 04:40 PM
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Cleaner air equals longer lives: study
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090121/hl_nm/us_pollution_lifespan


BOSTON (Reuters) – Dramatic improvements in U.S. air quality over the last two decades have added 21 weeks to the life of the average American, researchers reported on Wednesday.

Reducing fine particles given off by automobiles, diesel engines, steel mills and coal-fired power plants have added as much as 15 percent of the 2.72 years of extra longevity seen in the United States since the early 1980s, they wrote in the New England Journal of Medicine
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JeanGrey Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 04:47 PM
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1. Alert the Media! I wonder how much tax money went into
this one? Gawd.................
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pleah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 04:50 PM
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2. Well, no shit! Duh! & OMFG!
:crazy:
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-22-09 05:03 PM
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3. Not smoking adds an average of 22.5 years to your life.
And I'll take that 21 weeks too.
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