BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 2, 2023
We think of burning fossil fuels as causing global warming, weather disasters and the loss of animal species. All frighteningly true, but it also directly affects your health. I practiced medicine for 30 years before understanding this. Burning fossil fuels puts out fine particulate matter. These fine particles enter your lungs and cause damage but now we realize that they also go from the lungs to other organs. Thus, air pollution is now recognized as a secondary cause of heart attacks, decreased birth weight, premature birth, hypertension and more. ~ Nancy Hasenfus, Brunswick