Man-made air pollution is responsible for 4,800 deaths from heart attacks a year, British researchers have found. Exposure to man-made pollutants increased death rates among survivors of acute coronary syndrome by 12 per cent Photo: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor 7:30AM GMT 20 Feb 2013 Comments Higher levels of tiny sooty particles in the air led to more deaths among patients after they had left hospital, the team from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found. They monitored more than 154,000 patients treated for heart attacks and angina for an average period of 3.7 years in England and Wales. Exposure to man-made pollutants increased death...
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