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Confirmed! Air Pollution Linked to High Blood Pressure
2016-06-04 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Here's another reason to cut down on carbon emissions. A study published in the journal Hypertension reported that air pollution is tied to high blood pressure, a major risk factor for coronary heart disease which kills over 370,000 people annually. High cholesterol and smoking were previously proven as risk factors, and while pollution has been hypothesized as a risk factor since 1900s, it is only recently that it has been proven through a meta-analysis. By analyzing groups of study on...
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Category:Electronics and Electrical