| Tiny Fuel Particles Cause Heart Attacks, Group Says
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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.
"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. |
 Pollution sucks. | |
