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Study links PM2.5 pollution to increased risk of diabetes; even low levels pose risk

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million new diabetes cases globally in 2016—about 14% of all new diabetes cases globally that year. million years of healthy life were lost in 2016 due to pollution-linked diabetes, representing about 14% of all years of healthy life lost due to diabetes from any cause. They also estimated that 8.2 In the US, the EPA’s PM 2.5

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