Environmental Toxins

Particulates in Air Need to be Controlled to Protect Public Health

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, January 14th, 2001

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health have found that despite improved efforts to control air pollution, microscopic particles in the air continue to be associated with adverse health effects on the general public in the U.S.

Results of the study were published in the December 14, 2000, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

Recent studies showing that current levels of air pollution are associated with increased mortality and morbidity have raised concern that air pollution still poses a threat to public health. The evidence has specifically suggested that airborne particles are the toxic component of urban air...

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Source: Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA (2001-01-14)

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