A recent two-city study from India has quantified that even a tiny increase in the exposure to PM2.5 results in a corresponding rise in blood sugar levels.
Breathing polluted air could increase one’s risk of getting Type 2 diabetes.
While exposure to air pollutants, especially the microscopic PM2.5, is known to trigger a slew of health problems such as chronic lung diseases, heart attack, stroke and cancer, the diabetes theory is slowly gaining ground.
While exposure to air pollutants, especially the microscopic PM2.5, is known to trigger a slew of health problems such as chronic lung diseases, heart attack, stroke and cancer, the diabetes theory is slowly gaining ground.