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Research has long since demonstrated that breathing air with floating particles of fine pollution is associated with cardiovascular disease. Now, a new study by the Women’s Health Initiative is adding significant weight to the evidence.
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A new study looks at the link between tiny particulate air pollution and cardiovascular disease. The study of more than 65,000 post-menopausal women shows that longterm exposure to these pollutants dramatically increased the incidence of cardiovascular death. Host Steve Curwood talks with Dr. C. Arden Pope, an epidemiologist and economist at Brigham Young University.