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

Green Car Congress

pollution—even at levels deemed safe—to an increased risk of diabetes globally. Our research shows a significant link between air pollution and diabetes globally. million new diabetes cases globally in 2016—about 14% of all new diabetes cases globally that year. Louis and the Veterans Affairs (VA) St.

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The Bionic-Hand Arms Race

Cars That Think

soldiers and 300 British soldiers lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan. My own media darling of a hand, the iLimb from Ottobock, which I received in 2018, has a fist-shaped power grip, pinching grips, and one very specific mode with thumb on top of index finger for politely handing over a credit card.