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Sunday, December 07, 2014

An Unhealthy Society

According to a study by the Royal Brampton and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust merely going shopping inside capitalism at Oxford Street in London can be dangerous. 'A study found that even healthy people suffered damage to their arteries after spending two hours exposed to fumes from buses and taxis on the famous shopping street.' (Times, 5 December) Earlier this year scientists at King's College London revealed that Oxford  Street had the world's highest recorded level of nitrogen dioxide pollution, caused mainly by diesel vehicles. The solution? Ban diesel vehicles? You have got to be kidding this is capitalism. RD

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