Air Pollution Linked to Higher Heart Attack Risk

BETHESDA, Maryland, March 23, 2009 (ENS) – Scientific evidence is mounting that connects an increase in particulate air pollution with an increase in heart attacks and deaths. Research from the relatively new field of environmental cardiology includes a 16-year-long Harvard University study of six U.S. cities that found fine particulate pollution, even at levels below [...]

Letter: Students should leave cars behind – Dr. Gary A. Incaudo, Chico

Letter: Students should leave cars behind

Chico Enterprise-Record

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Pollution kills 10,000 a year in Hong Kong, southern China

12 Jun, 2008, 1050 hrs IST, AGENCIES
HONG KONG: Air pollution is causing 10,000 premature deaths a year in Hong Kong, Macau and southern China’s Pearl River Delta, according to a report published on Thursday.
Respiratory diseases caused by the worsening smog is estimated to be costing 440,000 hospital bed days and 11 million doctor [...]