Conis: What was happening in the background is important here: There had been increasing concern about the growing number of cases of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, and malaria scientists had been saying, Maybe we need to bring back DDT. One of the reasons they were saying that was because, as Western countries had banned the chemical, it became harder for non-Western countries, especially those dealing with malaria, to get the chemical
The largely irreversible consequences are borne by all people in tobacco growing areas, and their access to safe drinking water is jeopardized as a result
Because the combustible cigarette smoke and e-cigarette aerosol that people inhale doesnt have direct contact with the blood vessels, and the blood does, we took blood serum (the clear liquid in blood that remains after it clots) from every participant and put it in contact with endothelial cells in a culture dish to evaluate how the different serum samples affected the functional behavior of those cells. Springer said
They are not strong in a raw, tobacco-forward sense, but they are also not ultra-light