Better air is the easiest way not to die
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Why the air you breathe matters, and what to do about it.
dynomight · updated Jul 2021 · air health effort What do you worry about more: Getting exercise, eating vegetables, or the air you breathe? While most things that clearly improve health are well known, one is insanely underrated: Fixing your air. I suspect this is often the most effective health intervention, period . Nothing else is so important while also being so easy to address . Let’s do a sanity check: Take the four biggest countries in the world and compare how many people died from various causes in 2019. It’s hard to prioritize health advice. I’m told I should limit salt and eat cruci
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