Neil Schachter, MD, medical director of the respiratory-care department at Mount Sinai Hospital and the Maurice Hexter Professor of Pulmonary Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, both in New York City. He is the author of The Good Doctor’s Guide to Colds & Flu.
It can hurt much more than your lungs—and it isn’t just a big-city problem… You may assume that air pollution…