Study finds no rheumatoid arthritis, pollution link

By Trevor Stokes NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Although previous research has suggested a connection between exposure to air pollution and the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, a large new study of nurses finds no link. “Overall, we did not observe any evidence that increases in pollution levels were associated with increases in the risk of rheumatoid arthritis,” wrote study leader Jaime Hart, an instructor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, in an email. Nearly 1 percent of U.S. …