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https://treesmendus.com for transcript of this episode. For more evidence- based research and tips please check out my book and workbook Take Back Your Outside Mindset: Live Longer, Stress Less, and Control Your Chronic Illness. University of Louisville Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute https://enviromeinstitute.com/Follow @UofLEnvirome on Twitter https://twitter.com/UofLEnviromePick up “Environmental Cardiology: Pollution and Heart Disease (Issues in Toxicology)” by Dr. Aruni Bhatnagar on Amazon https://amazon.com Ambitious Louisville study seeks to understand impact of trees on our health. (2019, December 12). PBS NewsHour; PBS NewsHour. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/ambitious-louisville-study-seeks-to-understand-impact-of-trees-on-our-health Wood, J. (2019, November 21). Re-greening: can Louisville plant its way out of a heat emergency? The Guardian; The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/nov/21/re-greening-can-louisville-plant-its-way-out-of-a-heat-emergency Aruni Bhatnagar on Google Scholar https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=riRJqrYAAAAJ&hl=enUniversity of Louisville faculty bio https://louisville.edu/medicine/departments/medicine/divisions/environmental-medicine/faculty/bhatnagar-aruniDr. Bhatnagar is Professor of Medicine and Distinguished University Scholar at the University of Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He is the Director of the Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute and Co-Director at the American Heart Association. He was the Deputy Editor of Circulation Research for 10 years. Dr. Bhatnagar a leading expert on the mechanisms by which environmental exposures such as air pollution affect cardiovascular disease risk. His studies at University of Louisville have led to the development of the new field of Environmental Cardiology. Dr. Bhatnagar has published 389 peer-reviewed manuscripts, 25 book chapters and reviews and over 200 abstracts. Will you please tell us a little more about you and how you became the pioneer of environmental cardiology? 2:47 The true causes of heart disease: Environmental CardiologyAs a junior investigator studying the electrical activity of the heart in cardiovascular function anddiseaseI came to understand that we really have not found that the true causes of the effects of heart disease. Most people believe that heart disease is caused by malfunction the heart, changes in electrical activity, blocked blood vessels, or high blood pressure.These are the net effects of a larger set of wider causes that are mostly external to us.