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08/16/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Exposure to air pollution found to increase risk of chronic kidney disease

Outdoor air pollution is detrimental to a person’s health – this much is certain. Various studies link it to major health conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancer, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Now, researchers from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St. Louis Health Care System have added chronic […]

06/07/2018 / By Ralph Flores

The effects of ambient coarse particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and carbon monoxide on kidney disease risk: a cohort study

Chronic kidney disease is now linked to outdoor air pollution — adding yet another item to the growing list of health conditions impacted by this phenomenon. The study, which was published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, explored how coarse particulate matter, that is, particulate matter 10 micrometers or less — commonly known […]

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