Ozone Pollution

Scientists have revealed that ozone pollution is not only bad for the environment, but can also extensively damage the human heart. The recent study shows that ozone reacting with cholesterol produces atheronals, which are found in fatty plaques that cause diseased arteries to narrow.Researchers believe that ozone is generated in body when white blood cells attack the cholesterol that is accumulated on artery walls. Though, it is yet to be ascertained whether inhaled ozone contributes to heart diseases, scientists do not rule out the possibility of atmospheric ozone forming atheronals in lungs, which could then make their way to the arteries damaging them.