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New Utah research: Bad air can literally cause a heart attack
By KRISTEN MOULTON | The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Nov 08 2015 11:00AM ? Last Updated Nov 09 2015 11:14 am Utahns with heart disease have one more reason to stay inside on bad-air days this winter: Pollution can literally give you a heart attack.
A new study at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute found that the risk of the most serious kind of heart attack rises after the level of PM2.5 (fine particulate) pollution reaches 25 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality considers that in the yellow, or "moderate," range of air pollution...
By KRISTEN MOULTON | The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Nov 08 2015 11:00AM ? Last Updated Nov 09 2015 11:14 am Utahns with heart disease have one more reason to stay inside on bad-air days this winter: Pollution can literally give you a heart attack.
A new study at the Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute found that the risk of the most serious kind of heart attack rises after the level of PM2.5 (fine particulate) pollution reaches 25 micrograms per cubic meter of air. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality considers that in the yellow, or "moderate," range of air pollution...