Pollution may cause kidney disease

Scientists are now concluding that the recent jump in kidney disease and kidney failure is caused by air pollution. Along with kidney complications, heart diseases, strokes, asthma, and cancer are also affecting people everyday due to air pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) collected this information using land-based air-monitoring stations across the country. There have recently been 44,793 cases of people getting kidney disease as well as 2,483 cases of kidney failure. Our air contains very small particles of dust, dirt, smoke, soot, and liquid droplets which is getting into our systems, and especially our blood, which is filtered through our kidneys, which is why they are not functioning properly for a good majority of people. Even though air pollution has been slowing improving over time, all the new buildings and cities rising as well as coal mining towns and farming communities have enough air pollution to affect the lives of many people. 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170922091624.htm

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  1. AnonymousSeptember 27, 2017 at 12:50 PM

    This is a very serious issue and could effect millions around the world. Not only is the air being polluted but it is killing people and giving them very bad diseases with terrible consequences. Its terrible when your read about the awful things that is happening to our environment.

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