Data find ‘direct correlation’ between air pollution and osteoporosis, autoimmune disease

There is a “direct correlation” between microscopic particles found in air pollution and increased incidence of osteoporosis and autoimmune disease in a cohort of individuals in Italy, according to a presenter at the EULAR 2022 Congress.
“It is estimated that some 3.5 million people die per year simply because of air pollution,” Hendrik Schulze-Koops, MD, of the division of rheumatology and clinical immunology in the department of medicine IV at Ludwig-Maximilans University Munich, in Germany, said in a press conference at EULAR.
“We have to accept that there is

There is a “direct correlation” between microscopic particles found in air pollution and increased incidence of osteoporosis and autoimmune disease in a cohort of individuals in Italy, according to a presenter at the EULAR 2022 Congress.
“It is estimated that some 3.5 million people die per year simply because of air pollution,” Hendrik Schulze-Koops, MD, of the division of rheumatology and clinical immunology in the department of medicine IV at Ludwig-Maximilans University Munich, in Germany, said in a press conference at EULAR.
“We have to accept that there is