Diesel Air Pollution Linked To Heart Attack And Stroke In Healthy Men (Medical News Today) UK and Swedish researchers found that diesel fumes from road vehicles increased blood clots and platelets in healthy volunteers. These are symptoms closely linked to increased risk of heart attack and stroke.The researchers reported the results of a small study to a meeting of the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2007 held in Orlando, Florida, earlier this week. [click link for ... [News Source]

Air pollution pushes county burn ban up to Stage 2 (Yakima Herald-Republic) Citing a recent rise in air pollution, the Yakima County Clean Air Authority imposed a more restrictive Stage 2 burn ban on Thursday. The ban, announced at 9 a.m., applies to all of Yakima County except the Yakama reservation, where the federal Environmental Protection Agency has jurisdiction. [News Source]

Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver ports seek to reduce air pollution (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) The ports of Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver, B.C., released an updated draft Thursday of their plan to cut maritime industry air pollution by 2015, including for the first time specific emissions reduction goals for trucks and trains. [News Source]