http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2547008/Can-car-exhaust-fumes-cause-dementia-Asthma-Heart-attacks-Cancer-Even-diabetes-Why-experts-fear-traffic-pollution-linked-list-health-problems.html
By Jo Waters, January 27, 2014
As soon as he stands at the bus stop,
Eddie Connor can feel his chest start to tighten - the tell-tale signs
of an asthma attack.
'The
traffic is usually gridlocked at rush hour and the air is choked with
diesel fumes,' says Eddie, 40, an actor who is single and lives in
Hackney, East London.
'There
are so many diesel-fuelled buses, lorries and cars on the roads these
days. The pollution seems much worse. In the summer, you can almost
taste the diesel fumes.'
Asthma
affects 5.4 million people in the UK - 5 per cent have symptoms so
severe they can't be controlled by medication. Eddie suffers from severe
'brittle' asthma, which means he has recurrent severe attacks.
Asthma
most commonly starts in childhood, but Eddie was 22 when he had his
first attack after moving from his parents' house - which had a garden
and green space around it - to his flat on a busy road. He is convinced
the polluted atmosphere triggered it.
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