Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Why Air Pollution Is Bad For Your Kidneys

Why Air Pollution Is Bad For Your Kidneys: Long-term exposure to traffic pollution could be linked to kidney damage, according to a new study. Scientists looked at the kidney function of 1,100 stroke patients at a hospital in Boston, Mass., half of whom lived within 1 kilometer (about two-thirds of a mile) of a major road and half of whom lived between 1 [...]/p