Air Pollution can Accelerate Lung Disease as Much as a Pack a Day ofCigarettes
![Carbon dioxide emissions, like these from a Fairbanks coal-burning plant, have accelerated worldwide in the recent past. Photo by Ned Rozell. Air Pollution can Accelerate Lung Disease as Much as a Pack a Day ofCigarettes](https://alaska-native-news.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/image26-10-2014-17.29.03-e1563574243581.jpg)
Air pollution — especially ozone air pollution which is increasing with climate change — accelerates the progression of emphysema of the lung, according to a new study led by the University of Washington, Columbia University and the University at Buffalo. While previous studies have shown a clear connection of air pollutants with some heart and lung […]