People with prediabetes or diabetes who live in ozone-polluted areas may have an increased risk for an irreversible disease with a high mortality rate. A new study recently published in the Environmental Health Perspectives connects insulin resistance and repetitive ozone exposure to the development of interstitial lung disease.
“Our findings are especially important today as we’re in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, where we have great concern regarding the convergence of health effects from air pollution and SARS-CoV-2 in susceptible populations like people with diabetes,” said James Wagner, lead author and associate professor for the MSU [Michigan State University] College of Veterinary Medicine’s Department of Pathobiology and Diagnostic Investigation.
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People with pre-diabetes or diabetes who live in ozone-polluted areas may have an increased risk for an irreversible disease with a high mortality rate.
because his administration continues to dismiss panels of scientists from agencies like the epa, which advise on issues like public health and climate change. cnn has learned the epa replaced seven mostly academic scientists, five of them just this week on an air quality standards committee. the new members, many from local government, lack expertise in health science. that s according to environmentalists. the epa also nixed two additional panels with more than 20 scientists. and i m very concerned that scientists will not have a voice at the table. reporter: jack harkema, was one of the scientists dismissed. i don t have any political agenda. we are scientists who are independent. and are concerned about public health. reporter: the epa defends the changes, saying they are, quote, consistent with the clean air act and the agency s mission. these changes come just days