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Air Pollution May Speed Up Atherosclerosis

  • November 15, 2004

Air pollution may not only be hazardous to your lungs, it may trigger and accelerate the narrowing of your carotid arteries, according to a new study. In fact, researchers found an association between long-term air pollution exposure and the early stages of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). Even worse, air pollution may contribute to cardiovascular problems at a very early stage of the disease, similar to smoking, and enhances atherosclerosis, which is the underlying...
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