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05/11/2017 / By S.D. Wells

Diesel fumes’ nanoparticles cause heart disease by just BREATHING polluted city air

Similar to how cigarette smokers suffer health consequences from the toxins that are carried into the lungs on particles of tobacco, a recent study has shown that tiny nanoparticles carry black carbon diesel fumes into the lungs of people who are exposed to them. Diesel fumes, commonly pushed into the atmosphere via the exhaust from heavy-duty trucks, […]

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