A new study found a cancer risk at every level of particulate matter, and confirmed that the higher the level, the greater the risk. – ssuaphotos/shutterstock.com
A separate report said short-term surge in these particles or other gas pollutants in the air also increases the risk of heart failure.
European epidemiologists said they had found an unmistakeable link between lung cancer and localised air pollution by particulate matter.
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