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Beijing Air May Cause Heart Attacks

People who go to Beijing to watch the summer Olympics could face heart attacks and strokes because of the city's polluted air, researchers from Northwestern University said.

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melanie silvestri
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Tuesday Jul 22
 
ok, why are the olympics being held in beijing?? the air might kill you, the earthquakes may kill you, the water is filled with algea, the roads are clogged...sounds great to me!!
Mike
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Tuesday Jul 22
 
yeah but you can't beat the fried dog egg rolls...best in the world
bill
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Tuesday Jul 22
 
Lol if it can kill a spectator, imagine what it can do to the marathon runners.
Dog the Pig Hunter
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Wednesday Jul 23
 
Sounds like the same as holding the olympics in downtown LA
Larry
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Wednesday Jul 23
 
Mmmm ... cut me off a slice of that!
J in San Jose
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Thursday Jul 24
 
While I do love the games you could not pay me to go there for lots of reasons. I don't understand how they got the award.

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Thursday Jul 24
 
the commities need to look at the health of the country that they award the games to
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