A new study has shown that air pollution is being linked to new cases of adult diabetes in the United States. Pollution is still a major risk factor after other factors have been accounted for, such as ethnicity and obesity. 
    Air pollution, especially particulate matter, between 0.1 and 2.5 micrometers may possibly be a neglected risk factor for diabetes. This is dangerous, because of its small size and it can invade human organs in the vascular and respiratory systems. 
    Laboratory studies have found that precursors to diabetes have resulted from exposure to air pollution. This is one of the first efforts to examine the connection of air pollution and diabetes on a large scale; which is examining the human population. Scientists examined the pollution from the contagious people in the United States between 2004 and 2005, and compared it against Centers for Disease Control and the United States Census data for adult diabetes and other risk factors. The laboratory results showed that there was a very strong correlation between air pollution and diabetes.
    My opinion is that we should obviously create less pollution, to reduce the risk of diabetes. This also relates to class because while we reduce pollution, we're helping the environment, as well as helping reduce the risk of diabetes.