[extropy-chat] Nanoparticles linked to chronic lung diseases

[giorgio gaviraghi]

maybe if all countries , including the US , sign and
implement the Kyoto protocol we may not need masks in
the near future
--- The Avantguardian <avantguardian2020 at yahoo.com> ha
scritto: 

> I just attended a great talk by one of the
> professors
> here at UCLA regarding the dangers of nanometer
> scale
> air pollutants such as diesel carbon ash on the
> order
> of 10-100 nm. He showed convincing data that it acts
> as a immunological adjuvant that amplifies the
> immune
> response to pollen and other normally harmless
> allergens. This effect sensitizes people to those
> allergens and causes massive inflammation of
> bronchial
> passageways, resulting in bronchitis, asthma, and
> COPD. Such chronic inflammation is also linked to
> hypertension, heart disease, and eventually lung
> cancer. The problem with these particles is that
> they
> are small enough to go through even HEPA filters, so
> they will require something else to deal with. In
> the
> home, I would suggest one of those Ionic Breeze air
> scrubbers. For the outdoors, I am not sure what
> would
> work. Maybe military style gas masks or some kind of
> not yet invented ion trap type air breather-mask.
> 
> The Avantguardian 
> is 
> Stuart LaForge
> alt email: stuart"AT"ucla.edu
> 
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