From meuser@mapcruzin.com Tue Dec 17 03:32:13 2002 Received: from mailscan5.cac.washington.edu (mailscan5.cac.washington.edu [140.142.32.137]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.11) with SMTP id gBHBWDrw029556 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 03:32:13 -0800 Received: FROM mxu3.u.washington.edu BY mailscan5.cac.washington.edu ; Tue Dec 17 03:32:12 2002 -0800 Received: from gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net (gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.84]) by mxu3.u.washington.edu (8.12.1+UW01.12/8.12.1+UW02.11) with ESMTP id gBHBWCDd019872 for ; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 03:32:12 -0800 Received: from 1cust120.tnt1.santa-cruz.ca.da.uu.net ([68.128.29.120] helo=ekim) by gull.mail.pas.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 18OFxL-0005DV-00 for waphgis@u.washington.edu; Tue, 17 Dec 2002 03:32:11 -0800 From: "Michael Meuser" To: waphgis@u.washington.edu Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 03:31:38 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Air pollution induces heritable DNA mutations Message-ID: <3DFE9A9A.21782.F13C08@localhost> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Thought this might be of interest to health professionals. This from last week's Scientific American: "Our results suggest that a thorough investigation of the genetic hazards associated with occupational and incidental exposure to contaminated air in urban and industrial areas is warranted." -- Christopher M. Somers et al December 10, 2002 Air pollution induces heritable DNA mutations The respiratory effects of air pollution are well documented. Now the results of a new study suggest that industrial pollution could cause genetic defects, too. Findings published online this week by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences indicate that mice subjected to ambient air in close proximity to a steel mill had twice as many genetic mutations as their rural counterparts did. http://www.mapcruzin.com/news/rtk121602a.htm for full article and links to scientific report. Mike +++++++++++++++++++++ Michael R. Meuser, meuser@mapcruzin.com http://www.mapcruzin.com/ Tools & Resources for Re-Imagining Our Relationships with Each Other & the Earth http://www.mapcruzin.com/right-to-know-atlas/ Right-To-Know Atlas CD .