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Air pollution is making people lazier

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This article suggests that worsening air pollution levels are causing people to stay indoors more often, resulting in decreased physical activity in their daily lives.
https://studyfinds.org/air-pollution-people-lazier/

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It is substantiated that increased air pollution correlates to an increase in various health problems such as asthma and other respiratory/lung issues. See this article from the NIH with more specifics as to who is affected and how. However, the headline that pollution makes people "lazy" is a sweeping claim that doesn't capture the true nature of the issue.

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