AIR & WATER POLLUTION
MONITORING NEWSLETTER
July 2012
No. 393
Nanoparticles in Polluted Air, Smoke Have Serious Impact on Health
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin found that exposure to nanoparticles can have a serious impact on health, linking it to rheumatoid arthritis and the development of other serious autoimmune diseases. Environmental pollution including carbon particles emitted by car exhaust, smoking and long-term inhalation of dust of various origins have been recognized as risk factors causing chronic inflammation of the lungs.
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