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Air Pollution Strongly Linked to Heart Ailments

Posted by: rbregoff
Thanks to: rob bregoff
15 January 2010 - 11:00am

A new report from the Health Effect Institute concludes that there is a strong correlation between exposure to traffic and heart ailments.

Matthew L. Wald writes, "The researchers noted that proving that air pollution from vehicles caused illness was difficult. The pollutants studied often come from sources like industry in addition to cars and trucks, they said, and many of the studies failed to rule out factors like income levels that could contribute to the illnesses studied."

The full report is available for download here.

Full Story: Report Links Vehicle Exhaust to Health Problems
Source: The New York Times, January 12, 2010
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Not new news

Submitted by HRPlanner on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 11:24.

We've known that auto exhuast causes heart probelms for many years. This isn't new.

Particulate matter causing heart congestion and compounds such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons aka pah's contributing to cancer (including breast cancer) are important in the discussion regarding the need for clean, non-polluting transit.

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