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Article #516Re: Pollution is biggest cause of illness and death in US today
From: Karen Y Byrd
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:19
Date: Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:19
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On Tue, 03 Apr 2007 13:33:23 GMT, mcs@yahoo.com <mcs@yahoo.com> wrote: >because, its the pollution first and its the heavy part that affects the >severity. That doesn't support the last part of the quote below which says that if people lost weight the incidence of asthma would decrease. One would assume that the people who lost that weight are still being exposed to pollution. >"Karen Y Byrd" <kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu> wrote in message >news:slrnf14g6u.s6n.kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu... >> On Mon, 02 Apr 2007 16:17:24 GMT, mcs@yahoo.com <mcs@yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> It baffles the cheese out of me how you will never accept that >> there are other things behind the increase in asthma >> other than air pollution. >> >> Quote: >> >> After examining seven previous studies on severe asthma >> involving more than 330,000 patients, researchers concluded that the >> incidence of asthma increases by *50 %* for the overweight, >> compared to those of normal weight. >> >> If significant weight loss could be achieved in the population >> of overweight and obese individuals, it could be estimated that the >> number of new asthma cases in United States adults might fall by >> as much as 250,000 per year. >> >> Unquote. >> >> This info is all from the latest issue of the American Journal of >> Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine. >> >> http://ajrccm.atsjournals.org/current.shtml#ASTHMA_AND_ALLERGY >> >> >>>ps when they do the study between clean air and bad air let me know. Or >>>when >>>they give people the same quality of air that makes my filter completely >>>black after 28 days. then let me know of the results ok? Till then its bs >> >> Just do more READING. And turn off the primary bullshit-medium you >> seem to be addicted to: your televsion. >> >> >>>"Karen Y Byrd" <kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu> wrote in message >>>news:slrnf11tc2.jdi.kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu... >>>> On Sun, 01 Apr 2007 09:50:02 GMT, mcs@yahoo.com <mcs@yahoo.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> You'll love this. I read in the Inquirer today that >>>> the growing obesity problem in America is a big factor >>>> in the growth of asthma. They both correlate. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> > > -- Karen Y. Byrd Oracle DBA/Sys admin 410 Anat-Chem 3620 Hamilton Wlk Sch. of Med./Univ of PA Phila., PA 19104 v: 215-746-4968 f: 215-573-7645
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