Air pollution raises heart risk among women (Long Beach Press-Telegram) Study finds particulates dangerous for older women. BOSTON - The fine grit in polluted air boosts the risk of heart disease in older women much more powerfully than scientists realized, a federally funded study has found, raising questions of whether U.S. environmental standards are strict enough. [News Source]

Air Pollution Linked to Heart Deaths (WebMD) Air pollution is a much bigger cause of death from heart disease and stroke than has previously been recognized, according to findings from one of the largest studies ever to examine the issue. [News Source]

Air pollution raises risk of heart disease in women (Guardian Unlimited) Women who live in areas of high air pollution are at increased risk of heart disease and death, according to a study. [News Source]

Air Pollution Poses Heart Risk to Postmenopausal Women (Health Scout) And the higher and longer the exposure, the bigger the threat, study finds. [News Source]

Air pollution raises risk of heart disease in women, says study (Independent) Air pollution may be causing far more deaths from heart attacks than has been recognised - at least in women. [News Source]

Study claims link between pollution, heart disease.

After studying three dozen cities and nearly 66,000 post-menopausal women, scientists found the women in the worst-polluted cities had a 76 percent greater chance of dying from heart ailments than those in the least-polluted cities.

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Pollution leaves women at greater risk for heart disease, death. The most rigorous study of its kind to link pollution and heart disease has found that women who live in areas with higher levels of pollution are at much greater risk of developing and dying from cardiovascular disease, according to the New England Journal of Medicine. [News Source]

Pollution boosts heart disease in women. The fine grit in polluted air boosts the risk of heart disease in older women much more powerfully than scientists realized, raising questions of whether U.S. environmental standards are strict enough. [News Source]

Pollution and the heart. A new study that shows a connection between particulate pollution and the risk of cardiovascular disease and death should motivate policymakers to limit Americans' exposure to air pollution. [News Source]

Older women facing threat. Tiny particles in polluted air - much of it caused by tailpipe emissions - significantly increase the risk of heart disease for older women, according to a newly released federally funded study. [News Source]

Study links pollutant, heart risk in older women. Women over 50 living in highly polluted areas such as northwestern Riverside County have more than double the chance of developing heart disease and dying from it that those living in clean-air communities do, according to a recent health study. [News Source]