[MCN] Fire -> smoke -> Human DNA damage and lung cell death

[Lance Olsen]

Pollutant emitted by forest fire causes DNA damage and lung cell death
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO
Scientists performed tests with particles from forest and crop fires in the Amazon. Not only did they induce inflammation, oxidative stress and genetic damage in human lung cells, but they also drove one-third of the cultured cells to death.

JOURNAL
Scientific Reports
 <https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-10/fda-peb102417.php>OPEN ACCESS: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-11024-3 <https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-11024-3>

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