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Want to live longer? Consider planting a tree

By Dino Grandoni

12 Feb 2023 · 3 min read

Editor's Note

Trees offer numerous health benefits, including better air quality and reduced stress. A recent study in the USA found that fewer people died in neighborhoods where a nonprofit planted more trees.

Put down the apple. It's the tree that may help keep the doctor away.

In urban areas, trees shade sidewalks, suck up air pollution, soften traffic noise - and are just plain nice to look at. And by taking climate-warming carbon out of the atmosphere, trees are good for the planet, too.

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