Air pollution in India is quite a serious issue with the major sources being fuelwood and biomass burning, fuel adulteration, vehicle emission and traffic congestion. There were doubts that whether exercising in this polluted environment would really provide health benefit. Recently on study concluded that even in cities with excess pollution, the health benefits of walking or bicycling outweigh the risks of breathing dirty air, a new study contends. Researchers used computer simulations to compare the risks and benefits of walking or cycling in a range of air pollution levels.
In most cities worldwide, the risks from air pollution do not cancel out the positive effects of cycling and walking, the study found. Only 1 percent of cities have air pollution levels high enough to negate the benefits of cycling 30 minutes every day, the researchers said. Even in Delhi, one of the most…
