Friday, January 26, 2007

Traffic fumes and lung damage

The Daily Mirror and the Guardian (and no doubt other newspapers) today are reporting a study in the Lancet that found that children living within 500 metres of a motorway had "pronounced deficits" in lung development. The study was undertaken in California and is an "article in press" on the Lancet website - doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60037-3

Read more in the Guardian

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