William Atkins
Sunday, 15 March 2009 20:22
Science -
Health
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All of these dangerous pollutants are harmful to human health and harmful to Earth’s environment.
This traffic tie-up builds up the concentration of these motor vehicle fumes, which remains located near the surface of the road, and the people inside those vehicles.
In this expanded research of an earlier study, the Peters team interviewed 1,454 people who had been registered in the KORA registry in Augsburg, Germany between February 1999 and December 2003 and who had survived heart attacks.
Their average age was 60 years of age, and 25% of them were women.
The German researchers found that within one hour of having their heart attack many of these people had been stuck in heavy traffic.
The people also were found to have symptoms associated with heart attacks in the four days before being in heavy traffic at various times and before their heart attack.
Peter states,
“One potential factor could be the exhaust and air pollution coming from other cars. But we can't exclude the synergy between stress and air pollution that could tip the balance." [WebMD]
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