Smog and Diabetes

Smog may be linked to diabetes risk.
USA Today (9/30, Marcus) reports, "How smoggy your city is might affect your chances of developing diabetes," according to research published in the journal Diabetes Care. Researchers "obtained county-by-county data on pollution levels from the Environmental Protection Agency during 2004 and 2005, as well as Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and US Census information on the prevalence of adult diabetes," one of the study's authors "says." The investigators "found a strong correlation between adult diabetes and particulate air pollution, a correlation that persists even after adjustment for other risk factors."