Dust warning: Doctors urge caution as toxic particles bypass lung defences

Cyprus doctors are urging residents to limit unnecessary time outdoors as dust episodes continue across the island, warning that the particles carried in the air are too small for the body’s own filtering mechanisms to stop. Charis Armeftis, President of the Cyprus Pulmonology Society, told Phileleftheros that dust brings with it a cocktail of toxic […]

By Marilena Panayi