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Polluted morality

In a new review of existing studies, researchers found that pollution is linked to increased feelings of anxiety. Additionally, cities with higher levels of air pollution also tend to have higher levels of crime. This association held true even after the researchers accounted for other potential factors like population density, poverty rate, unemployment rate and so on. However, these findings still don’t

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