exhaust from cars and other vehicles, industrial fumes, pollution of our cities poses a serious risk to the proper functioning of our blood vessels, increasing by almost 70% for each increase of 10 micrograms of particulates per square meter, the chances of having blood clots in the vessels legs. Archives of Internal Medicine reported on the discovery of Italian Andrea Baccarelli of the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, which conducted the study on an Italian sample of individuals living in Lombardy.
now there are numerous scientific studies showing the dangers of air pollution on our health, some have indicated a link between heart attack and stroke risk and pollution. There remains further doubt the way particulates and other pollutants giving to this danger. This study may indicate one of the biological mechanisms by which fine particles, the particles which we are exposed, especially in large urban centers, increase the risk of heart.
The experts checked the levels of exposure to particulate matter of a group of 870 patients had been diagnosed Lombard thrombosis between 1995 and 2005. Then the researchers considered and 1210 healthy individuals living in different parts of Maharashtra and measured their levels of exposure to particulate matter in areas of residence. The researchers found a clear association between high levels of exposure to particulate matter and risk of thrombosis and have estimated that this risk increases of 70% for every increase of 10 micrograms of particulates per square meter. "Given the size of these effects and the explosion of particulate pollution - have concluded the authors of the work - our findings introduce a new and common risk factor for the pathogenesis of thrombosis and, at the same time, reinforce the urgency of adequate standards to reduce the impact of urban pollution on health. "
ANSA 13/05/2008 07:51
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