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Air pollution linked to higher risk of sight loss from AMD

26 January 2021

Air pollution is linked to a heightened risk of progressive and irreversible sight loss, known as age related macular degeneration (AMD), reveals a large long term study led by Professor Paul Foster and Sharon Chua (both UCL Institute of Ophthalmology).

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