Smoking is the number one cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or emphysema. But nonsmokers have been diagnosed with it more and more frequently. Why? The answer may be ozone. Good Versus Bad Ozone You remember the hole in the ozone layer. It is not that ozone. Ozone in the stratosphere is good ozone. Over six miles above the ground, ozone...
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When Peter Devereaux learned he had breast cancer, he was dumbfounded. He wrote in 2009, “It was the first time I knew I had breasts….It is such a weird ordeal not only to have cancer, but to also have a women’s cancer.” Devereaux, like many others with male breast cancer, was caught at a late stage- 3b- in 2008. In 2009, before he’d...
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People in Beijing and in as much as 15% of China are under a blanket of smog. The situation has gotten so bad that people are told to stay indoors with their air cleaners on. They don’t dare venture outside without a mask. Particulate Matter What’s going on? One of the components of smog is particulate matter (PM). PM is a combination of solids...
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