Re: Studies Link Air Pollution to Heart Attacks

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From: Arthur L. Rubin
Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 00:00

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Jym Dyer wrote:
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> =v= There's an interesting story in Monday's _L.A._Times_:
> 
> http://www.latimes.com/news/front/20000605/t000053310.html

[Story not found]

> 
> Studies are finding a cause-and-effect relationship between air
> that's heavy in particulates and heart attacks.  They're even
> starting to suspect that air pollution kills more people through
> heart attacks than through lung disease.

Is this particulates as defined by the EPA ( approx 10 micron),
or some more rational definition?

> =v= The main sources of particulates mentioned in the article
> are cars and trucks that use diesel fuel, industry, and "dust."

There are a lot of sources of "dust", regardless of definition.

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Arthur L. Rubin    216-5888@mcimail.com

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Date: 2000/06/13
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