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People with diabetes may be especially vulnerable to the adverse cardiovascular effects of particulate air pollution, one potential mechanism involving inflammation and endothelial dysfunction. To investigate further, O’Neill et al1 have measured cell adhesion molecules and inflammatory markers (ICAM-1, VCAM-1, vWF) in residents of the Boston area, USA, with type 2 diabetes. Linear regression was used to relate plasma levels of the various inflammatory markers to indices of daily average ambient levels of air pollution (PM2.5, black carbon and sulphates), with adjustment for personal and meteorological risk factors. The authors found consistently positive associations, especially with VCAM-1 in individuals with diabetes who smoke. This report corroborates previous research implicating inflammatory mechanisms in the added risk diabetics carry in relation to air pollution.
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Anxieties have been expressed over the high power transmissions of high frequency radio waves from antennae. Preece et al2 investigated concerns related to military antennae in Cyprus.
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