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Air Pollution Harms Every Part of Your Body, Research Shows

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Nearly 8.8 million people die prematurely each year due to air pollution. I was out cycling last week and it was sunny and I noticed how fresh the air was. I put it down to Spring but when I got home they said on the news the air was fresh because of the Lockdown.I worked on diesel vehicles for years and one day a colleague said he had seen a secret government report saying that diesal fumes were one of the most cancerous substances around. It turned out to be true. The researchers argue that the ultrafine particles that make up air pollution are absorbed by the bloodstream and travel throughout the body, potentially harming every cell in the body. Additionally, the presence of these particles in different organs could cause dangerous levels of inflammation as the body’s immune system

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Nearly 8.8 million people die prematurely each year due to air pollution.


I was out cycling last week and it was sunny and I noticed how fresh the air was. I put it down to Spring but when I got home they said on the news the air was fresh because of the Lockdown.

I worked on diesel vehicles for years and one day a colleague said he had seen a secret government report saying that diesal fumes were one of the most cancerous substances around. It turned out to be true. 

The researchers argue that the ultrafine particles that make up air pollution are absorbed by the bloodstream and travel throughout the body, potentially harming every cell in the body. Additionally, the presence of these particles in different organs could cause dangerous levels of inflammation as the body’s immune system tries to fight what it perceives to be infection.

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Air Pollution Harms Every Part of Your Body, Research Shows

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Mike Norman is an economist and veteran trader whose career has spanned over 30 years on Wall Street. He is a former member and trader on the CME, NYMEX, COMEX and NYFE and he managed money for one of the largest hedge funds and ran a prop trading desk for Credit Suisse.

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