BOSTON, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- There is a strong, consistent correlation between adult diabetes -- type 2 diabetes -- and particulate air pollution, U.S. epidemiologists suggest.
Study leaders John Pearson and John Brownstein of the Children's Hospital Boston Informatics Program analyzed county-by-county data on PM2.5 pollution -- fine particulates of 0.1-2.5 nanometers in size -- from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency covering every county in the contiguous United States for 2004 and 2005.
Type 2 diabetes linked to air pollution - UPI.com