New York State Journal of Medicine December 1983 Former Smoker Wins $2 Million in Lawsuit Over Cigarette Filter Article by Associated Press The New York Times September 1, 1995 I first heard of this [The Kent story] through the NYSJOM [New York State Journal of Medicine] Letter from Myron Levin, reporter, The Los Angeles Times, to Alan Blum, M.D
[34] Moreover, cigarette filters enriched in toxic substances that enter environmental waterbodies have been shown to be increasingly colonized by potentially pathogenic bacteria including those displaying antibiotic resistance, as these are particularly well adapted to the adverse conditions on the filters
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Filter fibres also break off and enter the lungs, which may lead to cancer