Sunday, January 28, 2007

Innocent unoticed impacts


Innocent beings embedded by orange notes pay the price of increasing obscurity from unnoticed smoke. “Traffic pollution from freeways may stunt development of the lungs in children aged 10 to 18, according to a study by researchers from the University of Southern California … Study data showed that both local exposures to freeways and regional air pollution had detrimental, yet independent effects on lung-function growth. Previous studies have demonstrated a link between regional air quality and lung function growth.” Ben Wasserman - foodconsumer.org, Jan 26, 2007