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Tiny Fuel Particles Cause Heart Attacks, Group Says
Mon Nov 29, 2004 04:43 PM ET
GENEVA (Reuters) - Tiny air-born particles released by burning fossil fuels are reducing the average human life span across Europe and North America by eight months, a leading research body said on Monday.
Studies showed that the particles are a major cause of heart attacks, one of the world's biggest killers, a scientist from an Austrian-based research body told a U.N. news conference. [P6:emphasis added]
"We always knew that they had an effect on the respiratory system, but now we know that they spark cardiovascular disease by inflaming the heart membranes," said Markus Amann of IAASA, the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis.
Power stations, road traffic, steel and cement plants and even wood-burning in country areas contribute to the build-up of the particles, he added.
