The morning commute could be killing you in more ways than one.
In addition to getting your day off to a stressful start, you are inhaling an alarming number of harmful exhaust particles, say scientists in the United States.
"If these chemicals are as bad for people as many researchers believe, then commuters should seriously be rethinking their driving habits," said Michael Bergin, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Duke University in North Carolina.
Bergin's team strapped air sampling devices into passenger seats during morning rush-hour commutes in Atlanta, Georgia, and found levels of harmful pollutants twice as high as previously believed.
The harmful Lchemicals that alarmed Bergin's team cause oxidative stress, the phenomenon antioxidant foods are supposed to address...