"Our findings suggest that air pollution not only corrupts people's health, but also can contaminate their morality," said Lu. In one study, the researchers examined air pollution and crime data for 9,360 US cities collected over a nine-year period. The researchers found that cities with higher levels of air pollution also tended to have higher levels of crime. Since they could not randomly assign participants to physically experience different levels of air pollution, the researchers manipulated whether participants imagined experiencing air pollution. As the researchers hypothesised, anxiety level mediated the link between imagining exposure to air pollution and unethical behaviour.

Source: dna February 08, 2018 06:11 UTC