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History of innovation November 17, 2021 Energy and Green Tech, Federal programs, Health, Physical World, Pollution, Safety, Seminal Innovations, The 1970s

Environmental causes of lung disease

Environmental causes of lung disease – 1970

SRI researchers conducted a series of studies that modeled the pathogenesis of human respiratory diseases such as emphysema and chronic obstructive lung disease. The studies proved that these diseases were caused in humans by common contaminants of air derived from industrial and automobile exhausts and tobacco smoke. The results were fundamental to national and international efforts in setting allowable limits of nitrogen oxide and ozone contents in industrial exhausts and indoor air-quality standards.

Energy and Green TechFederal programsHealthPhysical WorldPollutionSafetySeminal InnovationsThe 1970s

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