High concentrations of nitrogen dioxide gas - inhaled for even very brief periods following fires, explosions of military munitions or detonations of terrorist devices - could cause serious lung damage, scientists reported today at the 233rd national meeting of the American Chemical Society.Dr. Zengfa Gu, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Silver Spring, Md. [click link for full article]
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