The Pollution/Diabetes Link

Living on Earth

A recent long-term study out of Germany found that the closer participants lived to major roads, the greater their risk of developing type 2 Diabetes. Host Jeff Young talks with Dr. Wolfgang Rathmann, the study leader and researcher at Dusseldorf University’s Diabetes Center, about what he found.

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