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Exhaust fumes increase danger of fatal blood clots



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Published Date: 13 May 2008
By John von Radowitz
BREATHING traffic fumes over a long period of time can dramatically raise the risk of potentially deadly blood clots, a study has found.
Increasing exposure to tiny pollutant particles in the air ups the chances of suffering a deep vein thrombosis (DVT), or blood clot in the legs, researchers discovered.

As the density of particulate matter rose, so did the likelihood of having blood clots. For every 10 micrograms per square metre increase, the risk of developing DVT went up by 70 per cent.

Scientists also found that the blood of people most exposed to the particles clotted quickly.

Particulates are tiny grains or blobs of solid and liquid chemicals produced by burning fossil fuels, small enough to penetrate deep into the lungs.

The findings were published in the journal Archives of Internal Medicine.





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  • Last Updated: 12 May 2008 9:42 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
 
1

truthsleuth,

13/05/2008 00:55:53
Yet another benefit of the motorised society!
2

DeniseX,

London 13/05/2008 08:45:45
Wandering round Oxford and breathing the city's air is equivalent to smoking three packets of cigarettes a day, according to research into air quality statistics.

The work done by Calor Gas, which produces liquified petroleum gas, found that despite the enormous pollution from London traffic, people in three other cities - Oxford, Bath and Glasgow - suffered more damage to their lungs than Londoners.
3

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 13/05/2008 10:02:29
So the dirty exhaust emissions of older vehicles had less effect on health than the relatively clean ones of nowadays then?

How do people get away with talking such rubbish?
4

Hmm ...,

13/05/2008 10:45:00
... as the effect of carbon dioxide on "global warming" is dismissed, there HAS to be something else that justifies attacking cars - even if particulate emissions are from heavy commercial diesel engines!

Why not just be honest and say that academics need to write a thesis about something and any kind of association, however tenuous, can "make" the pitch. Even if the theory lacks credibility logically.

And possibly particularly if the theory defies logic!
5

Padraig,

13/05/2008 10:49:43
You mean that they have established that breathing clean air is healthier than breathing dirty air?

This sounds like an argument against living in big cities rather then an argument against working in a truck park.

Or even an argument against smoking cigarettes.

Quite a ground-breaking result!
6

Alternative (High Octane) Fuel Head,

Edinburgh 13/05/2008 13:55:29
#5:

Maybe it's an argument against breathing? If so, it is a principle that it's proponents should seriously consider putting into practice. Maybe then we would all get some peace.

 

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