Air Pollution Could Be the Cause of Nine Million Cases of Diabetes a Year: "There Is a Direct and Alarming Relationship"

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Air pollution by microparticles and nitrogen dioxide could be the direct cause of about nine million cases of diabetes in Europe each year, according to a study by the University of Murcia (UMU) and the Barcelona Supercomputing Center – National Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS). Organisms have established that there is "a direct and alarming relationship" between prolonged exposure to atmospheric pollutants and the incidence of type 2 diabetes (T…

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Specifically, the Ruhr Valley in Germany and the Po Valley in northern Europe, as well as large European cities such as London, Paris and Vars via, have the highest concentrations.