It is important to realize that an important study showed that pollution increases mortality in older people. This US study from Boston, MA used 16 years of data, 68.5 million Medicare enrollees (65 years or older) and 570 million observations. Notably, it showed that the reduction of
A study revealed that air pollution lowers good cholesterol (HDL cholesterol). Physicians were already concerned in the past that air pollution could cause heart attacks and strokes. But as Medical News Today reported, now the link between heart attacks and air pollution has been f
In Puget Sound, Washington researchers found drugs in salmon. Juvenile Chinook salmon were tested for toxic compounds. The surprising fact was that researchers could find antidepressants, Tylenol, OxyContin, Benadryl, Prozac and Aleve (arthritis medication). Researchers could demonst