ADVOCATES HAIL HEART ASSOCIATION LINK OF POLLUTION TO HEART DISEASE

The first-time acknowledgment by the American Heart Association (AHA) that air pollution is a serious cardiovascular risk is being applauded by environmental advocates who hope the scientific statement is only the beginning of AHA activism on the issue. They say the significance of a group such as AHA weighing in could boost efforts to require stringent reductions in air pollution and lead to even stricter clean air standards. The AHA has never before weighed in on clean air issues, but...