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Why is #BlackRain Falling on #Tehran and What Does It Mean for Health?

Written by Nadine
Medically Reviewed by Colleen Fleiss, M.Sc on Mar 23 2026 3:39 PM

Excerpt: "Toxic Emissions From Damaged #Oil Facilities

A spokesperson for the World Health Organization, Christian Lindmeier, stated on 17 March that the destruction of #Iran's oil infrastructure released hazardous #hydrocarbons, #SulfurOxides, and #NitrogenCompounds into the atmosphere.

When rain combines with these #pollutants, it can lead to #ChemicalBurns and #LungInjury. He emphasized the seriousness of the situation and noted that authorities in Iran have urged residents to remain indoors.

"#BlackRain refers broadly to rainfall contaminated with atmospheric pollutants, explains Farzana Kastury, an environmental scientist at Adelaide University in Australia. Such rain often results from bushfire smoke or the burning of heavy fuels, which are by-products of crude #OilRefining.

In Iran's case, the black rain likely contains pollutants generated from the combustion of these fuels during fires triggered by missile attacks, including substances such as #acetone, #toluene, and #carcinogenic compounds like #benzene and #methylenechloride ."

#NoWar #WarIsToxic #USWarOnIran #WorldWar3 #IsraeliWarCrimes #USWarCrimes #WorldPol #ToxicRain #ToxicRainInTehran

Why is Black Rain Falling on Tehran and What Does It Mean for Health?

Toxic black rain containing cancer-causing chemicals falls on Tehran after missile strikes damage oil facilities, prompting WHO warnings.

Medindia

News Beep Aug 2, 2025

Women hospitalised with lung injuries after dry needling at Bendigo massage clinic

Two Bendigo women have been treated for lung injuries after receiving dry needling treatments at a local massage…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #bendigomassage #dryneedling #dryneedlingbendigo #dryneedlinginjury #dryneedlinglunginjury #lunginjury #miraclemassage #myotherapy #needles
https://www.newsbeep.com/33926/

Cytology and Genetics Jun 3, 2025

Association of the rs4646994 Polymorphism in the ACE1 Gene with the Severity of COVID-19 in Children from Ukraine - #children #COVID19 #lunginjury #geneticmarker #IDpolymorphismoftheACE1gene #Ukraine #rs4646994 #polymorphism #ACE1gene - https://link.springer.com/article/10.3103/S0095452725010037

Association of the rs4646994 Polymorphism in the ACE1 Gene with the Severity of COVID-19 in Children from Ukraine - Cytology and Genetics

Abstract Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), first identified in late 2019 in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, remains a pressing public health challenge of the twenty-first century with significant morbidity and mortality despite the implementation of a vaccine campaign. Of particular interest are results of research on the role of genetic factors in the course of COVID-19. Such data indicate the probable existence of a hereditary predisposition of individuals to a severe and complicated course of the coronavirus disease. The results of a number of studies indicate the involvement of polymorphic variants I/D of the ACE1 gene in the particular course of the corona virus disease. The purposes of this work were to study the peculiarities of the distribution of genotypes according to the rs4646994 polymorphism of the ACE1 gene and to assess the association of this polymorphism with the severity of the course of the coronavirus disease and the risk of developing pathological changes in the lungs during the coronavirus disease in a cohort of children who suffered from COVID-19. For this purpose, in the examined group of 244 children with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19, genotyping was carried out according to the rs4646994 polymorphism of the ACE1 gene using melting curve analysis of PCR products, the detection of which occurs due to the fluorescence of the intercalating dye EvaGreen. According to the results of the study, an association was established between homo- and heterozygous carriers of the I allele with a severe course of the disease and, in particular, with lung injury. The obtained data can serve as a basis for the use of the I/D polymorphism of the ACE1 gene as a genetic marker for predicting the course of the disease for COVID-19 and become important information for the development of personalized therapy in children.

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Norobiik @[email protected]Apr 15, 2024

#MANILA, #Philippines — Experts have warned against a possible epidemic of #Evali—#ElectronicCigarette or vape-associated #LungInjury—in the country, where the #TobaccoIndustry is targeting less discerning and curious young people.

Evali epidemic feared as #vapers get younger
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1929775/evali-epidemic-feared-as-vapers-get-younger

Experts fear Evali epidemic as vapers get younger

MANILA, Philippines — Experts have warned against a possible epidemic of Evali—electronic cigarette or vape-associated lung injury—in the country, where the tobacco industry is targeting

INQUIRER.net