lung health

A Harvard School of Public Health Study determined that exposure to particulate matter in air pollution may increase risk of dangerous blood clots in the legs.

Dr. Andrea Baccarelli, who led the study said, "Several studies in animal models and in humans have shown that particulate matter, inhaled into the lungs, causes inflammation in the lungs."

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"Smoking could kill 1 billion people this century because countries aren't doing enough to combat the deadly epidemic, according to a World Health Organization report funded by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg." reports New York Daily News. "As a global community, we can't allow this to happen," said WHO director Margaret Chan. "The tobacco epidemic is entirely man-made."

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