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Air pollution may increase the risk of Glaucoma risk

Published On 28 Nov 2019 11:26 AM


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A new study suggests that people living in a more polluted area with higher amounts of fine particulate matter pollution were at least 6% more likely to have glaucoma than those in the area with low levels of air pollution.

Glaucoma is an eye disease and one of the leading causes of irreversible blindness. Glaucoma is caused when the Optic nerve, that connects eye to the brain, gets damaged from the pressure build-up in the eye due t....


Tags : glaucoma, eye disease, Optic nerve, university college London, Dr. Sharon Chua , Air pollution,
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