Mexico City air pollution adversely affects the hearts of young people

Wednesday, April 28, 2010 - 16:30 in Health & Medicine

A post-mortem study of the hearts of 21 young people in Mexico City has found that the heart begins to show the adverse effects of air pollution at a young age and that tiny bits of inactivated bacteria that hitch a ride on pollutants may make the problem worse.

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