The University of Southern California has published a report indicating that the airborne components of diesel engine exhaust significantly worsen allergy symptoms in people with a certain genetic makeup. The study conducted by USC and UCLA’s Keck School of Medicine, indicates that roughly half of the population have the type of genetic characteristics that leave allergy-sufferers particularly susceptible to the effects of diesel particles. Results suggest a direct way that pollution could be triggering allergies and asthma in certain people. Available on-line:
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Results of the study appear in the January 10th issue of Lancet.
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