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Though it may be premature to inaugurate the term "office lung," the new study highlights the fact that indoor air pollution can't be taken lightly. "It's important to appreciate that most of the air we breathe - whether in our homes, our cars or our offices - is indoors," says Weschler. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 90% of our time is spent indoors. According to Weschler, indoor pollution either seeps in from outside (such as particulate matter from car exhaust, ground-level ozone and noxious gases, like sulfur dioxide, which comes from fuel combustion and factories) or originates inside...
...spite of the fact that many of the more common cancers, including skin cancer and lung cancer, are associated with behaviors such as sunbathing and smoking early in life, 25% of respondents believed that such behaviors do not increase long-term cancer risk...
...Living in a polluted city is a greater risk for lung cancer than smoking a pack of cigarettes...
Almost 40% of adults who responded thought car and bus exhaust posed a greater hazard to their lungs than smoking. While some studies have begun to document an up to 12% greater risk of dying from lung cancer in urban residents, the strongest data consistently show that smoking is the leading cause of the disease. Anywhere from 80% to 90% of lung-cancer deaths can be attributed to lighting...
...While the clove provision didn't please the American Lung Association and other groups, it hasn't cost their support - the measure to give the FDA oversight has been endorsed by every major U.S. health group. The FDA would almost certainly force cigarette manufacturers to list their ingredients, remove some harmful chemicals, further tighten advertising restrictions and prevent cigarette companies from making their product more addictive...