You may be aware that nanoparticles from sources such as diesel engines have clearly been shown to be a major component of the exposures causing thousands of human deaths in the London smog of 1952. So, the news regarding synthetic nanoscale particles in this article is important but not terribly surprising.
Jerrold L. Abraham SUNY Upstate Medical University Syracuse, N.Y.
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