Heart Health
Air pollution: An invisible threat to your heart
We’ve all spent much of the last few years worried about inhaling invisible virus particles. But the air we breathe contains other unseen particles that also may threaten our health. Air pollution spewed from coal-fired power plants, industrial factories, and motor vehicles contains microscopic particulate matter that can burrow deep inside our lungs.
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