Newly Identified Free Radicals More Dangerous

It’s generally understood that smoking cigarettes dramatically increases one’s likelihood of developing lung cancer. But people who’ve never smoked also get lung cancer. Theories abound but there’s no generally accepted reason, other than second-hand smoke, as to why nonsmokers get lung cancer. A team of research scientists in Louisiana have just announced the discovery of a group of air pollutants, previously unknown, that is thought to be a likely culprit. Read more