By Melissa Segrest
Green Right Now
Diabetes is one of the most prevalent and deadly diseases in the U.S. — and its cause, or causes, is subject to debate.
Millions of dollars in research funding and many studies have linked both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes to a cornucopia of causes or triggers: genetics, obesity, viruses, lack of exercise, breastfeeding, excessive hygiene, climate, 
age, ethnicity, high blood pressure, immunizations, lack of vitamin D and more.
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What you can’t see can hurt you: the science of tiny air pollution particles
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
You know those smoggy, hazy days when you look toward downtown to find the skyscrapers obscured behind a ripply, gray veil? What horrible pollution, you think. And it may be.
But watch out, those other days when the skyscrapers blaze brightly under clear blue skies may be deceptively hazardous to your health as well, or maybe more so.
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Tags: · Air Pollution, arterosclerosis, Asthma, carbon dioxide emissions, cardiovascular illness, diabetes, exhaust fumes, micro particles, National Environmental Public Health Tracking Record, particulate matter, respiratory illness, smog
Bring local produce and the customers will come
By Carol Sonenklar
Green Right Now
If people who ran the highest risk of obesity and Type 2 diabetes were offered more fruits and vegetables to offset or prevent these health risks, would they eat them?
Resoundingly, yes.
Study after study shows that when low-income populations have access to fresh fruits and vegetables, they significantly improve their diets.
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Tags: · Brownsville, Designed for Disease, diabetes, farmer's market, Local Food, Produce
