POLLUTION May Lead to STROKE

Clean air is vital to our health, and researchers are beginning to chronicle the many ways that pollution directly affects our bodies. In a recent study, researchers found a link between levels of particulate matter in the air and increases in ischemic strokes in a southeast Texas community.

Led by University of Michigan’s School of Public Health, researchers identified strokes and transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) that occurred between 2001 and 2005. Daily historical air pollution levels were obtained and correlated during the same time frame. Increases in strokes occurred on days when there were higher levels of both particulate matter and ozone.

Researchers have long been telling us that asthma attacks and respiratory events increase during times of high pollution, but now we are seeing evidence that heart disease is also exacerbated.

The health of our bodies is linked to the health of the environment. When our environments are sick, so are we. Let us all do everything in our power to fight for clean air here in the Valley of the Sun.

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