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Telecommuting - It’s as if they read my mind
March 14th, 2009 | 
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Here I’ve been writing a series of articles about the benefits of telecommuting and I stumble across this article. The benefits of not having employees travel to work are tremendous. As this article points out, not only is traffic harmful to those commuting, but it is also polluting the air with dangerous particles.
And just in case there’s any question… employees who are less stress and healthier are employees who are more productive (in general).
The next time you’re trapped in traffic, fuming that your fellow drivers and their fetid vehicles are about to give you a heart attack, here’s another good reason to pull over:
You might be right.
New research from Germany shows that people who had heart attacks were three times more likely than not to have been sitting in traffic an hour before their symptoms began.
Read the rest of the article from MSNBC’s site at http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29664984/
Posted in Environmental Protection, Green Business | 
Tags: Benefits Of Telecommuting, Fellow Drivers, Germany, Good Reason, Heart Attack, Heart Attacks, Msnbc, Particles, Stress, Three Times, Traffic | 
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