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Soot in air increases risk of cancer in lungs, JAMA report finds.
Byline: Julie Deardorff
CHICAGO _ Tiny particles of airborne soot can increase chances of getting lung cancer as much as living in a house with a smoker, according to a new study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
The study, which includes examinations of medical records of 500,000 people over a 16 year-period, is by far the most comprehensive on the subject and is fueling calls from environmental and health advocates for enforcement of current standards on soot pollution.
Five years ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency riled automakers and power companies by setting air-quality standards for soot, basing the policy on earlier, though smaller, studies that found fine particulate matter coming from tailpipes and smokestacks to be harmful. Those standards, however, have yet to be enforced.…
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