Tiniest Pollution Particles Spur Asthma Inflammation

(UPI) UPDATED 2010-07-06

Ultrafine particles of pollution near highways boost asthma symptoms, researchers have found. Scientists in Los Angeles found that the smallest pollution particles--about 1,000 the width of a human hair--caused inflammation deep in the lungs where other pollutants were unable to reach.
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Tiniest Pollution Particles Spur Asthma Inflammation

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