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Thick air, thick arteries
Even at currently acceptable levels, air pollution may lead to blocked arteries and stroke.
Only two and a half years into its planned 10-year duration, the MESA study (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution) already suggests that fine particulate air pollution causes thickening of the arteries.
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