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Particulates linked to heart attacks

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24 January 2014
 

Pressure to cut particulate matter (PM) in urban areas grew this week as an international team of researchers claimed to have found a link between particulates and heart attacks.

The research, published in the British Medical Journal, suggests there is a link between long-term exposure to particulate matter and coronary events, even at levels of exposure below current European limit values.  

The European limit value is 25µg/m3, more than double the 12µg/m3 limit in the United...

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