Diesel engine exhaust is definitely carcinogenic in human lungs, according to a scientific working group of the World Health Organization after a week-long meeting to review the evidence. Follow the story on MedPage.com
Don’t miss Dominque Browning’s story in Time this week, The Ever-Increasing Hazards of the Household.
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There is scary yet fascinating new research connectioning dirty air to mental health and behavioral problems in our children.
Read more about the public health study in Molly Rauch‘s article posted on Mom’s Clean Air Force
Found this info graphic from the White House on MomsCleanAirForce.com
