Inherited Mutations Linked to Air Pollution (WebMD May 13, 2004)
Air pollution is bad for your health -- and may affect the health of future generations, mouse studies suggest.
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James S. Quinn, PhD, and colleagues previously found that sea gulls near steel mills had higher rates of DNA mutations than gulls in rural areas. They now show that offspring from normal mice housed near steel factories and a busy highway had higher DNA mutation rates than offspring from normal mice housed in a rural area.
Air Pollution Causes Genetic Mutations (Genome News Network May 13, 2004)
Study links sooty pollution, genetic mutations (CNN Friday, May 14, 2004)
Air Pollution Linked to Genetic Mutations (Washington Post Friday, May 14, 2004)
