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October 29, 2006
Truck Fumes Linked to Asthma
A new study at New York University has found that truck fumes may be responsible for the high asthma hospitalization rate for kids in the South Bronx.
... only 5 percent to 10 percent of the fine particle pollution was soot from diesel exhaust, but it was that portion that seemed to be having the worst effect on the children's asthma. He said their symptoms, like wheezing, doubled on days when pollution from truck traffic was highest.
Study links truck fumes with asthma
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