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From the Ted Talk by María Neira: This is your brain on air pollution
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There is something we desperately need that we cannot stop doing: it is breathing. Do you want to try? Why don't we stop breathing together for, let's say, even 10 seconds. Is that OK? Let's do it. Get ready ... OK, now!
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Well, this is an incredible number that will again take your breath away: seven. Seven what? Seven million premature deaths a year caused by exposure to the bad quality of the air we breathe. Imagine — it's like more than the entire population of my dear Madrid will be wiped out in one year.
And you may ask: Has this information been disclosed? Has this information been publicized, distributed? Well, yes. We have at the moment more than 70,000 sifeitcnic ppares examining the relationship between air piotuloln and our hletah, and the galbol media has been rglealury covering this issue. In fact, in a relatively short period of time, we have come to know that air pollution is having a negative iacpmt on almost all our major oganrs.
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There is something we desperately need that we cannot stop doing: it is breathing. Do you want to try? Why don't we stop breathing together for, let's say, even 10 seconds. Is that OK? Let's do it. Get ready ... OK, now!
Oof, _________, isn't it?
Well, this is an incredible number that will again take your breath away: seven. Seven what? Seven million premature deaths a year caused by exposure to the bad quality of the air we breathe. Imagine — it's like more than the entire population of my dear Madrid will be wiped out in one year.
And you may ask: Has this information been disclosed? Has this information been publicized, distributed? Well, yes. We have at the moment more than 70,000 __________ ______ examining the relationship between air _________ and our ______, and the ______ media has been _________ covering this issue. In fact, in a relatively short period of time, we have come to know that air pollution is having a negative ______ on almost all our major ______.
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- papers
- global
- health
- difficult
- regularly
- impact
- scientific
- organs
- pollution
Original Text
There is something we desperately need that we cannot stop doing: it is breathing. Do you want to try? Why don't we stop breathing together for, let's say, even 10 seconds. Is that OK? Let's do it. Get ready ... OK, now!
Oof, difficult, isn't it?
Well, this is an incredible number that will again take your breath away: seven. Seven what? Seven million premature deaths a year caused by exposure to the bad quality of the air we breathe. Imagine — it's like more than the entire population of my dear Madrid will be wiped out in one year.
And you may ask: Has this information been disclosed? Has this information been publicized, distributed? Well, yes. We have at the moment more than 70,000 scientific papers examining the relationship between air pollution and our health, and the global media has been regularly covering this issue. In fact, in a relatively short period of time, we have come to know that air pollution is having a negative impact on almost all our major organs.
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