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Study Links Dirty Air to Increased Cancer Risk, Pollution to Heart Attacks.

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| March 06, 2002 | This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Charles Seabrook

Mar. 6--Years of breathing tiny airborne particles -- pollutants typically found in many metro areas, including Atlanta -- significantly increases the risk of dying from lung cancer and heart attack, a study of a half-million adults found.

The lung cancer risk is comparable to that faced by a nonsmoker living with a cigarette smoker, according to the authors of the study published today in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The study examined what scientists call "fine particulate matter" -- ultrasmall particles of soot, sulfur oxide and other material emitted by cars and trucks, coal-fired power plants and…

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