Children safer in rear seats of larger pickups, study says
A Philadelphia Children’s Hospital study in JAMA finds children riding in the rear of compact extended cab pickups are almost five times more likely to be injured than those in back seats of other vehicles. Limited legroom and only lap belts contribute, with policy change urged for jump seat safety standards.
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Deadly air linked to higher lung cancer risk study shows
A study of 500 000 adults from 1982 to 1998 in the Journal of the American Medical Association finds that fine particulate air pollution from cars trucks coal plants and factories raises lung cancer death risk. Each 10 microgram increase in pollution correlates with higher death rates across major cities including Los Angeles Washington and New York.
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Air Pollution Raises Lung Cancer Death Risk in Cities
A Brigham Young University and New York University study of 500000 adults from 100 plus cities links long term exposure to combustion related fine particulate matter to higher lung cancer death rates. Each 10 microgram per cubic meter rise in pollution associates with an 8 percent increase in lung cancer deaths and a 6 percent rise in other heart and lung deaths.
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