• The study found that the local outdoor levels of certain pollutants and ozone were the most important determinants of indoor levels of the same air pollutants. (sciencedaily.com)
  • This analysis adds to the evidence that maternal exposure to ambient air pollutants can have persistent effects on lung function development in children with asthma. (eurekalert.org)
  • The study was conducted as part of the Fresno Asthmatic Children's Environment Study (FACES) - Lifetime Exposure initiative, which examines the influence of prenatal exposure to a number of ambient air pollutants on the growth of lung function during childhood and teen years in a high pollution area. (eurekalert.org)
  • Adverse health impact of air pollution on health may not only be associated with the level of exposure, but rather mediated by perception of the pollution and by top-down processing (e.g. beliefs of the exposure being hazardous), especially in areas with relatively low levels of pollutants. (springer.com)
  • Estimating changes in population exposures to air pollutants is an essential component of EPA's benefits analyses, providing the link between anticipated emissions changes and resulting changes in health outcomes. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Human biomonitoring (HBM) is a tool of health-related environmental monitoring with which populations are examined for their exposure to pollutants from the environment. (researchgate.net)
  • Using a CT scan, researchers were able to see that that exposure to each of the pollutants was associated with the development of emphysema, a lung condition that causes shortness of breath, and is usually associated with cigarette smoking. (cnn.com)
  • This study investigated the association between exposure to common air pollutants and the changes plasma glucose indices over time. (magiran.com)
  • We also applied a linear mixed model to assess the association between exposure to these air pollutants and changes in plasma glucose indices over time. (magiran.com)
  • The exposure to air pollutants was also associated with increasing trend in FPG, HbA1c, and OGTT levels in both groups of NGT and prediabetic participants. (magiran.com)
  • These paved the way for the 1970 Clean Air Act, a sweeping piece of legislation that required the newly created Environmental Protection Agency to use the best available science to set and enforce limits on six major pollutants at levels that would allow "an adequate margin of safety…requisite to protect the public health. (nybooks.com)
  • Gradually, overall levels of particulate matter, ozone, and other pollutants in the air began to decline. (nybooks.com)
  • They used the Environmental Protection Agency's National Air Toxics Assessment to estimate children's exposure to toxic air pollutants, such as diesel exhaust, around the location of their homes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The goal is to learn more about how air pollution, including pollutants emitted by the Tonawanda Coke plant, have affected the health of the communities of the City of Tonawanda, the Town of Tonawanda and Grand Island. (buffalo.edu)
  • The research will also shed light on how lifestyle factors like diet and exercise affect a person's risk of developing disease following exposure to pollutants. (buffalo.edu)
  • They will evaluate whether long- (40 years) and short- (1 year) term exposure to several common air pollutants increased the risk of COVID-19 hospitalization and mortality. (healtheffects.org)
  • Replacing your gas cookware with electric cooking appliances can reduce the amount of harmful emissions in the air and reduce your family's exposure to household air pollutants. (energystar.gov)
  • The county still struggles to meet federal health standards for pollutants, including particulates and ground-level ozone, resulting in some of America's highest rates of asthma, COPD, and cardiovascular disease, especially among the low-income communities of color that are the most exposed. (yale.edu)
  • Sixty percent of the region's pollution still comes from industrial sources like steel plants, in contrast to metropolitan areas like New York, where transportation and heating of residential and commercial buildings generate the majority of air pollutants. (yale.edu)
  • The XENAIR study carried out on the prospective, longitudinal E3N cohort a year ago showed an increased risk for breast cancer after exposure to five atmospheric pollutants. (medscape.com)
  • ABSTRACT While long-term exposure to air pollutants is associated with an increase in heart diseases and mortality, little information is available about the short-term effects of air pollution. (who.int)
  • It looked at exposure to air pollution - specifically to ground-level ozone, fine particulate matter, nitrogen oxide and black carbon. (cnn.com)
  • The World Health Organization guidelines recommend that fine particulate matter pollution - small airborne particles that can include dust and soot. (ndtv.com)
  • By pooling the results, they found that a (microgram per metre cubed) increase in the average level of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution people were exposed to over long periods was associated with an approximately 10 per cent increase in their odds of depression. (ndtv.com)
  • The study revealed a "large overlap" between coronavirus-related deaths and other diseases associated with long-term exposure to fine particulate matter. (eponline.com)
  • The New York Times piece provided the study's example that a person living for decades in a country with high levels of fine particulate matter is 15 percent more likely to die from the virus than someone in a region with one unit less of the fine particulate pollution. (eponline.com)
  • A number of studies have found that exposure to fine particulate matter puts people at heightened risk for lung cancer, heart attacks, strokes and even premature death. (eponline.com)
  • There is more than one type of air pollution, and this study focused on what is called "fine particulate matter," a type of pollution that is especially harmful to humans. (cnn.com)
  • A 2020 study of 1,200 Pittsburgh-area students, 52 percent of whom were Black, found 22.5 percent suffered from asthma resulting, in part, from exposure to a cocktail of contaminants including fine particulate matter, sulfur, and nitric oxide. (yale.edu)
  • As a result, they were up to 25 times more likely to suffer from exposure to nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and black carbon - a component of the fine particulate matter known as PM 2.5 - than other groups. (yale.edu)
  • MADRID - Fine particulate matter pollution in the atmosphere around homes and workplaces increases the risk for breast cancer , according to a new analysis of the XENAIR study presented at the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) 2023 Congress. (medscape.com)
  • Currently, our studies are examining the associations between prenatal air pollution and adverse birth outcomes," she noted. (eurekalert.org)
  • This chapter discusses three key components of benefits analyses: exposure assessment, health outcomes, and concentration-response functions. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Finally, the concentration-response section explores the sources and selection of these functions and issues associated with the existence of thresholds, analysis of population subgroups, and assumptions regarding effects lags (the temporal relationship between changes in exposure and resulting changes in health outcomes). (nationalacademies.org)
  • I am not sure that I would expect to find similar results in a place with considerably lower levels of air pollution," Collins said, referring to the survey's outcomes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • However, studies investigating metabolic outcomes such as diabetes are limited and have focused only on noise exposures estimated for the loudest residential façade. (lu.se)
  • While we cannot yet say that this relationship is causal, the evidence is highly suggestive that air pollution itself increases the risk of adverse mental health outcomes," Hayes said. (ndtv.com)
  • For the findings, the research team searched for studies that had investigated the association between particulate matter pollution and five different adverse mental health outcomes in adults. (ndtv.com)
  • With air pollution studies, as a practical matter, exposure is estimated at the group level, while health outcomes are measured at the individual level. (cei.org)
  • The association between traffic-related pollution and HRV, however, has varied by traffic-related or HRV marker as well as by study, suggesting the need for a more comprehensive and integrative approach to examining air pollution-mediated biological impacts on these outcomes. (harvard.edu)
  • Similar to adults, with the exposure to noise there can be damaging outcomes on mental health. (wikipedia.org)
  • The results of this paper suggest that long-term exposure to air pollution increases vulnerability to experiencing the most severe Covid-19 outcomes," the authors wrote. (eponline.com)
  • The study will not only analyze the historical impact of exposure to air pollution on health outcomes, but will also document new cases of diseases that arise over the study period of 10 years or more. (buffalo.edu)
  • This study will investigate whether exposure to air pollution increases the risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes, and identify the most susceptible groups by socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and comorbidities. (healtheffects.org)
  • Outcomes included household air pollution (PM 2.5 and CO), self-reported respiratory symptoms (with CCQ and MRC-breathlessness scale), chest infections, school absence and intervention acceptability. (nature.com)
  • Besides being linked to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), exposure to HAP is associated with a wide range of other health-damaging outcomes. (nature.com)
  • Data on pregnancy outcomes, exposures and confounders will be compiled and epidemiological studies on the effect of outdoor and household air pollution on pregnancy complications will be done. (lu.se)
  • We conducted a pooled analysis among six European cohorts (n = 199,719) on the association between long-term residential levels of ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2), fine particles (PM2.5), black carbon (BC), and ozone in the warm season (O3) and breast cancer incidence in women. (ku.dk)
  • The results of the fully adjusted linear analyses showed a HR (95% confidence interval) of 1.03 (1.00-1.06) per 10 μg/m³ NO2, 1.06 (1.01-1.11) per 5 μg/m³ PM2.5, 1.03 (0.99-1.06) per 0.5 10−5 m−1 BC, and 0.98 (0.94-1.01) per 10 μg/m³ O3. (ku.dk)
  • The results were in support of an association between especially PM2.5 and breast cancer. (ku.dk)
  • Median (5-95%) exposure levels of NO2, PM2.5, BC and O3 were 24.1 mu g/m3 (12.8-39.2), 15.3 mu g/m3 (8.6-19.2), 1.6 10-5 m-1 (0.7-2.1), and 87.0 mu g/m3 (70.3-97.4), respectively. (ku.dk)
  • The results of the fully adjusted linear analyses showed a hazard ratio (HR) of 1.03 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.92, 1.15) per 10 mu g/m3 NO2, 1.04 (95% CI: 0.88, 1.21) per 5 mu g/m3 PM2.5, 0.99 (95% CI: 0.89, 1.11) per 0.5 10-5 m-1 BCE, and 0.88 (95% CI: 0.76, 1.02) per 10 mu g/m3 O3. (ku.dk)
  • We did not find associations between any of the elemental components of PM2.5 and cancer of the kidney parenchyma.CONCLUSION: We did not observe an association between long-term ambient air pollution exposure and incidence of kidney parenchyma cancer. (ku.dk)
  • Cox regression was used to assess the relationships between particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), nitrogen monoxide (NO), nitrogen dioxide, nitric oxides, sulfur dioxide (SO2), and ozone exposure and the incidence of T2D and prediabetes. (magiran.com)
  • Global city PM2.5 levels range from 114 and 97 in Delhi and Dhaka, to 6 in Ottawa and Wellington. (ndtv.com)
  • The National Environment Board announces or amends a new ambient air standard of PM2.5 based on the public hearing and proposal made by the Pollution Control Department in accordance with WHO interim target 3. (greenpeace.org)
  • The new average annual level for PM2.5 changed from 25 μg/m3 in 2010 to 15 μg/m3. (greenpeace.org)
  • The 5 automatic monitoring stations provide real-time data on levels of NO2, PM10 and PM2.5. (lewisham.gov.uk)
  • In this new analysis, exposure to PM2.5, PM10, and NO2 pollution at home and in the workplace of 2419 women with breast cancer was compared with that of 2984 women without breast cancer during the period from 1990 to 2011. (medscape.com)
  • Breast cancer risk increased by 28% when exposure to fine particulate (PM2.5) air pollution increased by 10 µg/m 3 . (medscape.com)
  • There is now strong epidemiological and biological evidence for the link between PM2.5 particulate exposure and cancer, and there are good clinical and economic reasons for reducing pollution to prevent cancers," said Jean-Yves Blay, MD, PhD, director of public policy for ESMO. (medscape.com)
  • The results of the fully adjusted linear analyses showed a hazard ratio (95% confidence interval ) of 1.07 (0.95, 1.21) per 10 µg/m³ NO2, 1.17 (0.96, 1.41) per 5 µg/m³ PM2.5, 1.10 (0.97, 1.25) per 0.5 10-5m-1 BC, and 0.99 (0.84, 1.17) per 10 µg/m³ O3. (bvsalud.org)
  • The protect the public's health, the current WHO mean PM2.5 concentration in the single venue with guideline for PM2.5 pollution is a daily mean expo- a voluntary smoke-free policy was 6 mg/m3. (who.int)
  • This exposure does not take place only while staying outdoors but also indoors at home due to effective passage of the small particles through the building shield," the authors wrote. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Insufficient natural ventilation in older houses further elevates the indoor levels of the hazardous particles. (sciencedaily.com)
  • In this study, we found that prenatal exposures to airborne particles and the pollutant nitrogen dioxide adversely affect pulmonary function growth among asthmatic children between 6 and 15 years of age," said study lead author Amy Padula, PhD, post-doctoral fellow at the University of California, Berkeley. (eurekalert.org)
  • Researchers at Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health The study analyzed 3,080 counties in the U.S. and found that higher levels of particulate matter (PM) 2.5-the tiny, dangerous particles in the air-were associated with higher death rates from the disease. (eponline.com)
  • Because fungus particles are commonly derived from wholly microscopic sources, exposure hazards are assessed by directly sampling a suspect atmosphere in most circumstances. (medscape.com)
  • Lung function and exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have been associated with short-term exposure to air pollution. (nih.gov)
  • Chronic exposure to PM10, NO2 and living near a major road might increase the risk of developing COPD and can have a detrimental effect on lung function. (nih.gov)
  • Ample burning of wood in small-scale room heaters and sauna stoves is likely to increase chronic personal exposures in the neighborhood to particulate matter that contains substantial amounts of soot and hazardous organic compounds like polycyclic organic hydrocarbons. (sciencedaily.com)
  • There is strong epidemiological evidence for relationships between short- and long-term exposure to particulates and cardiopulmonary mortality, hospitalization and respiratory disease (e.g. asthma, chronic bronchitis, rhinitis) (WHO 2013 ). (springer.com)
  • ABSTRACT In Palestine, chronic exposure to lead has not been adequately addressed as a problem for children. (who.int)
  • The other hypothesis is that chronic exposure to air toxics can negatively affect children's neurological and brain development. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Patients with chronic lung and heart conditions caused or worsened by long-term exposure to air pollution are less able to fight off lung infections and more likely to die. (epha.org)
  • The use of ambient air concentrations to represent population exposures is justifiable when the health findings underlying the benefits analysis are similarly based on ambient concentration data and when the outdoor concentrations are correlated with personal exposures, as is the case for particulate matter (PM). (nationalacademies.org)
  • We used negative binomial regression models to estimate the incidence of influenza-associated respiratory and circulatory (RC) hospitalizations and to assess the effect of adjusting for environmental exposures on RC hospitalization estimates. (cdc.gov)
  • Our study was designed to investigate the influence of long-term exposure to air pollution on respiratory symptoms and pulmonary function in 55-year-old women. (nih.gov)
  • We especially focused on COPD as defined by GOLD criteria and additionally compared the effects of air pollution on respiratory symptoms by questionnaire data and by lung function measurements. (nih.gov)
  • ATS 2012, SAN FRANCISCO - The link between prenatal exposure to air pollution and childhood lung growth and respiratory ailments has been established by several studies in recent years, and now a new study suggests that these prenatal exposures can be especially serious for children with asthma. (eurekalert.org)
  • In addition to showing that short-term exposure to PM 2.5 was associated with several newly identified causes of hospital admissions among older adults, the study confirmed previously identified associations between short-term exposure and hospitalization risk for a number of other ailments, including several cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, Parkinson's disease, and diabetes . (harvard.edu)
  • Air pollution can cause hypertension, diabetes and respiratory diseases , conditions that doctors are starting to link to higher mortality rates for Covid-19. (epha.org)
  • Air pollution and smog has blanketed much of central and Southern England today, posing a possible health risk to those suffering from respiratory diseases, older people and children, according to health charities. (cnn.com)
  • Long-term exposure to air pollution increases the risk of respiratory and cardio metabolic diseases, which increases the risk of death from COVID-19, leading to the hypothesis that air pollution may increase susceptibility to mortality and morbidity from COVID-19. (healtheffects.org)
  • Effect modification by individual-level SES, ethnicity and co-morbidities with cardiovascular disease, respiratory diseases, diabetes, lung cancer and dementia, and ethnicity will be evaluated by entering interaction terms into the model. (healtheffects.org)
  • Air pollution is hence considered as the cause of some of the major respiratory diseases. (articlecube.com)
  • As noted on EPA's Indoor Air Quality website , exposure to this indoor air pollution can lead to increased risk of certain health conditions, such as dizziness, headaches, asthma, and respiratory infections. (energystar.gov)
  • Studies show consistent associations between higher pollution levels and detrimental respiratory effects in children, including worse lung function for children with asthma. (energystar.gov)
  • In conclusion, locally tailored implementation of improved cookstoves/heaters is acceptable and has considerable effects on respiratory symptoms and indoor pollution, yet mean PM 2.5 levels remain above WHO recommendations. (nature.com)
  • Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Br, Div of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • This worsening has traditionally been thought to result from an attenuation of hypoxic respiratory drive. (msdmanuals.com)
  • NO2 and PM10 exposure was assessed by measurements done in an 8 km grid, and traffic exposure by distance from the residential address to the nearest major road using Geographic Information System data. (nih.gov)
  • COPD and pulmonary function were strongest affected by PM10 and traffic related exposure. (nih.gov)
  • The researchers also found evidence of a connection between short-term changes in coarse particulate air pollution (PM10) exposure and the number of suicides, from pooling the results of four different studies in a meta-analysis. (ndtv.com)
  • The risk of suicide appears to be measurably higher on days when PM10 levels have been high over a three-day period than after less polluted periods. (ndtv.com)
  • Smaller increases in breast cancer risk were also recorded in women exposed to high levels of larger particulate air pollution (PM10 and NO2). (medscape.com)
  • In the second paper, Dr Andrew W Correia (NMR Group, Somerville, MA) and colleagues looked at hospitalization for cardiovascular disease among subjects 65 years or older according to "contours of aircraft noise levels" around 89 airports in the US [ 2 ] . (medscape.com)
  • However, this association is not widely known in developing countries because the majority of epidemiological studies on air pollution from road traffic and allergic rhinitis are done in developed countries. (scirp.org)
  • The exposure assessment section begins with an overview of exposure assessment considerations, including issues related to exposure assessments in the epidemiological studies that are frequently used to estimate health benefits of air pollution reductions. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Information on human exposure can then be linked to data on sources and epidemiological surveys, in order to inform research on the exposure-response relationships in humans. (researchgate.net)
  • To determine prenatal exposure levels to pollution, the mothers' residences during pregnancy were geocoded and pollutant concentrations were obtained from the Aerometric Information Retrieval System supported by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).Monthly average pollutant concentrations were assigned from 24-hour averages obtained at a central site monitor and summaries of the entire pregnancy and each trimester were calculated. (eurekalert.org)
  • The results are also intended to provide information as to whether (further) pollutant reduction measures are needed and on the effects of existing measures. (researchgate.net)
  • The strongest association between a pollutant and emphysema was seen with exposure to ozone, which was the only pollutant associated with an additional decline in lung function. (cnn.com)
  • These results indicate that the long-term exposure to this pollutant may be one of the most important contributors to fatality caused by the COVID-19 virus in these regions and maybe across the whole world. (epha.org)
  • 12 , 14 Reduction of HAP was often achieved, but the pollutant levels remained well above the limits as reported by the WHO air quality guideline. (nature.com)
  • The aim of this study, was to investigate the relationship between long-term air pollution exposure and breast cancer incidence. (ku.dk)
  • These components reached levels that in scientific literature are associated with an increased incidence of adverse lung and heart conditions. (cdc.gov)
  • Increasing incidence rates of diabetes related to air pollution have been reported in high‑income countries. (magiran.com)
  • However, few studies evaluated air pollution effect on plasma glucose indices, in addition to diabetes and prediabetes incidence in developing countries. (magiran.com)
  • The incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and prediabetes in future were also examined in association with exposure to air pollution. (magiran.com)
  • According to our results, exposure to air pollution increases the risk of T2D and prediabetes incidence in our population. (magiran.com)
  • There is growing evidence that methylmercury exposure can have adverse cardiovascular effects for adults, resulting in elevated blood pressure and incidence of heart attack. (dinegreen.com)
  • Health risk assessment: Dermal and inhalation exposure and absorption of toxicants. (cdc.gov)
  • The resulting estimates of excess influenza-associated events inform public health actions, such as vaccine or treatment recommendations and patient and healthcare provider communications. (cdc.gov)
  • This finding adds to the evidence that current air pollution levels continue to have adverse effects on human health," Dr. Padula said. (eurekalert.org)
  • It would be useful to know what makes some people more or less susceptible to the adverse affects of air pollution so we might be able to provide more targeted public health advice. (eurekalert.org)
  • Drs Patrice Halimi and Pierre Souvet, founding members of the association, explained in a program on French national radio France Culture their commitment to raise public awareness about the impact of environment-related pollution on human health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Instead, the perceived exposure influences symptoms and the effect of perceived exposure on disease is mediated by health risk perception. (springer.com)
  • Perceived pollution and health risk perception, in particular in large cities, play important roles in understanding and predicting environmentally induced symptoms and diseases at relatively low levels of air pollution. (springer.com)
  • Apart from direct health effects induced by exposure, the mere perception of pollution may cause health symptoms as a protective mechanism. (springer.com)
  • For worker populations such as migrant workers and day laborers who may have inadequate housing or other social and economic constraints, the health effects of climate change may be additive from exposures both at work and at home. (cdc.gov)
  • EPA's exposure assessment methods have evolved considerably over time, as is evident in the health benefits analyses reviewed by the committee. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Former Stauffer workers intermittently were exposed to asbestos-containing materials and other contaminants, such as carbon monoxide, chromium, hydrogen sulfide, lead, silica, and sulfur dioxide at levels that could cause an increased risk of cancer or other adverse health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • Because of harmful levels of arsenic in on-site soil and radium in on-site slag, the Stauffer site could be a future public health hazard if the property is developed for residential purposes. (cdc.gov)
  • A few private water supply wells in the site area contained arsenic, lead, or both at levels that might cause adverse health affects. (cdc.gov)
  • Levels of air pollution in the immediate area of the Stauffer facility while it was operating were likely to be a public health hazard. (cdc.gov)
  • The components of air pollution causing the health hazard were sulfur dioxide and particulate matter. (cdc.gov)
  • In making this hazard determination, ATSDR scientists caution that some uncertainty exists in the health conclusions for long- and short-term exposures to particulate matter and long-term exposure to sulfur dioxide. (cdc.gov)
  • HBM plays an essential role in environmental health and the assessment of pollution levels in the population, population groups or individuals. (researchgate.net)
  • Human biomonitoring allows us to measure our exposure to chemicals by measuring either the substances themselves, their metabolites or markers of subsequent health effects in body fluids or tissues. (researchgate.net)
  • Survey- and map-based tracking systems were developed to capture and track health complaints and environmental monitoring results. (cdc.gov)
  • The Louisiana Tracking Program worked with the state health department to notify OSHA about workplace exposures and health complaints from emergency response workers. (cdc.gov)
  • Interventions were held to educate response workers, residents, and health care providers on topics such as personal protective equipment, seafood safety, chemicals of concern, potential routes of exposure, and associated health effects. (cdc.gov)
  • The Louisiana Tracking Program began logging cases from call-in surveys that captured information such as the physical characteristics of the home, exposure duration, and health effects experienced by members of the household. (cdc.gov)
  • Various aspects of emotional, general, psychological, and sleep health as well as physical activity levels and nutritional habits of children also have been assessed using Iranian validated instruments. (magiran.com)
  • As a result of this work, the threat of serious and widespread damage to human health has gained considerable recognition among international agencies. (who.int)
  • In addition to the above-mentioned chapter (the report was published in 1996), the WHO, WMO and UNEP assessment resulted in a more extensive document, entitled "Climate change and human health: an assessment prepared by a task group on behalf of the World Health Organization, the World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme" (document WHO/EHG/96.7). (who.int)
  • In negotiations currently taking place in the context of UNFCCC, it is expected that safeguards for human health will gain importance among mitigating and adaptive measures considered at country level. (who.int)
  • Today, 91 percent of people worldwide live in areas where air pollution levels exceed the World Health Organization's recommended limits. (nybooks.com)
  • The result is a global health emergency, as three new books-Fuller's The Invisible Killer , Beth Gardiner's Choked , and Tim Smedley's Clearing the Air -reveal in sobering detail. (nybooks.com)
  • The systematic review and meta-analysis of evidence connecting air pollution and a range of mental health problems, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, reviewed study data from 16 countries. (ndtv.com)
  • We know that the finest particulates from dirty air can reach the brain via both the bloodstream and the nose, and air pollution has been implicated in increased neuroinflammation, damage to nerve cells and to changes in stress hormone production, which have been linked to poor mental health," Braithwaite said. (ndtv.com)
  • Hospitalizations for several common diseases-including septicemia (serious bloodstream infection), fluid and electrolyte disorders, renal failure, urinary tract infections, and skin and tissue infections-have been linked for the first time with short-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution (PM 2.5 ), according to a comprehensive new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. (harvard.edu)
  • In addition, the study found that even small increases in PM 2.5 exposure were linked with substantial health care and economic costs . (harvard.edu)
  • The study shows that the health dangers and economic impacts of air pollution are significantly larger than previously understood," said Yaguang Wei, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Chan School and lead author of the study. (harvard.edu)
  • Congress passed the Clean Air Act of 1970 based on the belief that reducing air pollution levels saves lives and improves health. (cei.org)
  • It is terrible pollution that affects public health. (greenpeace.org)
  • Background: Traffic-related air pollution has been associated to a range of adverse health impacts, including decreased heart rate variability (HRV). (harvard.edu)
  • SmarterNoise features smart icons that react to the measured sound levels based on current research results focusing on the health and the adverse effects of noise pollution. (apple.com)
  • With the SmarterNoise icons you easily understand how hearing, cognitive performance, and health may be affected by different levels of noise exposure. (apple.com)
  • Increased health risks have been observed during long term exposure, which highlights the need to consider the full average sound energy over a longer period, not only temporary averages or noise peaks. (apple.com)
  • The adverse effects of noise exposure (i.e. noise pollution ) could include: interference with speech or other 'desired' sounds, annoyance, sleep disturbance, anxiety, hearing damage and stress-related cardiovascular health problems. (wikipedia.org)
  • Chances are, all types of birds and likely other animals are suffering similar health problems as a result of plastic exposure and consumption. (newstarget.com)
  • The results will provide residents of the City of Tonawanda, the Town of Tonawanda and Grand Island with important new knowledge about their collective health. (buffalo.edu)
  • The research team will use scientifically established approaches to understand the types of health problems community members are experiencing, and how these conditions may be linked to exposure to chemicals found in coke oven emissions, such as benzene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. (buffalo.edu)
  • To capture a more complete picture of how various environmental exposures have affected the health of the communities studied, the research will seek to understand the communities' past exposure to chemical pollution through not only coke oven emissions but also through other sources, such as traffic emissions. (buffalo.edu)
  • Long-term exposure to NO 2 may cause a wide spectrum of severe health problems such as hypertension, diabetes, heart and cardiovascular diseases and even death. (epha.org)
  • A new study about the environment and public health reveals a stark inequity: White populations in the United States contribute more to air pollution than minority Hispanic and black populations. (cnn.com)
  • It also describes attempts to mitigate such health implications, sometimes resulting in "green gentrification" and displacement. (mdpi.com)
  • This paper addresses the environmental justice implications of children's health by exploring racial/ethnic disparities in potential exposure to air pollution, based on both school and home locations of children and three different types of pollution sources, in Orange County, Florida, USA. (bmj.com)
  • This study addresses the growing need to consider both daytime and nighttime activity patterns in the assessment of children's exposure to environmental hazards and related health risks. (bmj.com)
  • One cannot prevent himself from dying but with preventive measures, one can certainly remain alert, and stay away from becoming a victim of irreversible health issues caused by air pollution. (articlecube.com)
  • The blog covers how air pollution is dangerous, why it is vital to take health checkups and several ways through which people can protect themselves and their families from air pollution. (articlecube.com)
  • The results are provided on the map as an annual mean which can be used to compare against the annual mean targets provided by Defra and the World Health Organisation (WHO). (lewisham.gov.uk)
  • Two years later, in 2018, the agency used that new risk value for a periodic report that assessed health risks from releases of airborne toxins in the U.S. That report, called the National Air Toxics Assessment, or NATA, flagged 109 census tracts across the country where cancer risks were elevated because of exposure to airborne toxins. (georgiahealthnews.com)
  • Maps made in June by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD), which did its own modeling to examine risks from the toxin, show that releases in both the Covington and Smyrna areas exceed the state's determined level of a chemical at which health risks begin to rise. (georgiahealthnews.com)
  • So far, studies towards the effect of improved cookstoves on health and pollution reported variable findings. (nature.com)
  • Robert O. Becker's book, "Cross Currents: The Promise Of Electro-Medicine, The Perils Of Electro-Pollution" offers reports of promising research results, but also raises the uncomfortable questions as to the "STRESS EFFECTS" upon the body and it's health and well-being produced by exposures to even very low levels of RF & EMF signals that are pervasive in our present age of communications and 'convenience' technology. (stenulson.net)
  • It supports documentation of country level experiences in using intersectoral actions aimed at addressing the key social determinants of priority public health conditions. (who.int)
  • At the country level,thereviewprocessleadingtothefinalizationofthecasestudygeneratedmulti- stakeholder policy and strategy discussions on implementing intersectoral actions to address social determinants of health. (who.int)
  • But in struggling communities near the remaining steel plants, high levels of air pollution - and the resulting health hazards - persist. (yale.edu)
  • A 2020 study led by Dr. James Fabisiak, a University of Pittsburgh professor of environmental health, found that in addition to pollution from industrial sources, environmental justice communities in Allegheny County were exposed to high levels of traffic pollution. (yale.edu)
  • Concern about mold exposure and its effects are so common that all health care providers are frequently faced with issues regarding these real and asserted mold-related illnesses. (medscape.com)
  • We will investigate consequences of air pollution in a prospective cohort of women recruited during pregnancy at public health facilities in Ethiopia. (lu.se)
  • 1. Air--Pollution--Health aspects--United States--Statistics. (cdc.gov)
  • Results Cigarette and water-pipe smoking was emission levels as a single cigarette smoked for observed in 14 venues, while cigarette smoking only and about 10 minutes.3 water-pipe smoking only were found in 12 venues and The World Health Organization has established one venue, respectively. (who.int)
  • Smoke-free policies are needed in Lebanon to protect the of exposure to SHS, a growing number of countries public's health, and should apply to all forms of tobacco have enacted legislation prohibiting indoor smoking smoking. (who.int)
  • Part of the emissions adding this type of hazardous exposure among residents, also including susceptible population groups, originates directly from the personal use of a wood-fired room heater or sauna stove. (sciencedaily.com)
  • The law gave the EPA the authority to control vehicle tailpipe emissions and fuel additives, and to require new power plants and industrial facilities to use the best available pollution-control technology. (nybooks.com)
  • Nearly half a century after the Clean Air Act instituted the world's most stringent emissions controls, the problem of air pollution is far from being solved in the US or anywhere else. (nybooks.com)
  • Children who were exposed to high levels of motor vehicle emissions from cars, trucks and buses on roads and highways were found to have significantly lower GPAs, even when accounting for other factors known to influence school performance. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Although most of the industrial factories and fossil fuel power plants claim that their emissions do not exceed the standard regulated by the Pollution Control Department, every elevated concentration, in medical terms, will lead to an increased risk of various diseases. (greenpeace.org)
  • This work will provide insight on how exposure to air pollution, including emissions from the Tonawanda Coke plant, may be continuing to impact people's lives today, even after the plant emissions have been markedly reduced. (buffalo.edu)
  • Indoor exposure to emissions from cooking on gas stoves can worsen asthma symptoms, cause wheezing, and result in reduced lung function in children, particularly in the absence of ventilation and for children living with asthma or allergies. (energystar.gov)
  • The EPA found that 39 percent of school children who live in proximity to major sources of industrial pollution are exposed to emissions that exceed federal guidelines. (yale.edu)
  • Climate change can contribute to decreasing the ozone layer and affect UV radiation levels at the surface of the earth. (cdc.gov)
  • Long-term exposure to air pollution, especially ground-level ozone , is like smoking about a pack of cigarettes a day for many years, a new study says, and like smoking, it can can lead to emphysema. (cnn.com)
  • The city has had the worst smog, otherwise known as ground-level ozone, in the U.S. for 19 of the past 20 years. (cnn.com)
  • Exposure to ozone irritates and inflames the lining of our lungs when we breathe it in. (cnn.com)
  • Ground-level ozone is the part of smog that you can't see. (cnn.com)
  • We applied Cox proportional hazards models adjusting for potential confounders at the individual and area-level. (ku.dk)
  • We applied Cox proportional hazards models adjusting for potential confounders at the individual and area-level.RESULTS: The participants were followed from baseline (1985-2005) to 2011-2015. (ku.dk)
  • Other factors that could not be controlled for in the current analyses include individual-level confounders, including smoking status and household income, he notes. (medscape.com)
  • Acute solvent exposure induced activation of cytochrome P4502E1 causes proximal tubular cell necrosis by oxidative stress. (cdc.gov)
  • Because of this collection method, researchers could not account for previous exposures, changes over time, or acute exposures. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • In an economic analysis, researchers found that each 1 μg/m 3 increase in short-term exposure to PM 2.5 was associated with an annual increase of 5,692 hospitalizations, 32,314 days in the hospital, and 634 deaths, corresponding to $100 million annual inpatient and post-acute care costs, and $6.5 billion in "value of statistical life" (a metric used to determine the economic value of lives lost). (harvard.edu)
  • The cause of an acute exacerbation is usually unknown, although some acute exacerbations result from bacterial or viral infections. (msdmanuals.com)
  • More recently a role of environmental exposures, including air pollution, has also been suggested. (ku.dk)
  • We evaluated the effects of air pollution and other environmental exposures in ecologic models estimating influenza-associated hospitalizations. (cdc.gov)
  • citation needed] ASEF conducts public information campaigns about the impact of environmental exposures on child development. (wikipedia.org)
  • Different environmental factors such as air pollution may be predictive of people's chances of having certain cardiovascular diseases. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Air pollution exposures contributed a significant burden of cardiovascular disease, similar to tobacco smoke…The study demonstrates that environmental risk factors are present and evaluable in rural, low-resource settings. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Peer-reviewed literature defines the ambient air concentrations of diesel exhaust for several railroad occupations as being above environmental background levels. (springer.com)
  • For this study, we wanted to shed further light on the risks of exposure to short-term air pollution by searching for links between such pollution and all diseases that are plausible causes of hospitalizations," said Joel Schwartz , professor of environmental epidemiology at Harvard Chan School and senior author of the study. (harvard.edu)
  • Environmental noise is an accumulation of noise pollution that occurs outside. (wikipedia.org)
  • The effects in humans of exposure to environmental noise may vary from emotional to physiological and psychological. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a result, environmental noise is studied, regulated, and monitored by many governments and institutions around the world. (wikipedia.org)
  • Children and adolescents are just as susceptible to environmental noise exposure as adults. (wikipedia.org)
  • High exposure to environmental noise can play a role in cardiovascular disease . (wikipedia.org)
  • Extreme weather events induced by climate and other environmental change result in coastal flooding, exposure to harmful algal blooms, and chemical and microbial pollution. (labmanager.com)
  • These threats are compounded by sea-level rise, ocean warming, acidification, and deoxygenation associated with global environmental change. (labmanager.com)
  • Radioactive pollution occurs when radioactive materials are deposited in the atmosphere or environment, especially when their presence is accidental and presents an environmental threat due to radioactive decay. (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • Though the EPA can rule that chemicals carry a high level of risk to people, there's nothing in the law that compels environmental regulators or companies to act on that risk. (georgiahealthnews.com)
  • No one is being exposed to harmful levels of chemicals from the site. (cdc.gov)
  • [2] Noise at low levels is not necessarily harmful. (wikipedia.org)
  • The region's chronically polluted air is especially harmful for children living near outdoor pollution sources. (yale.edu)
  • Because of the low local awareness of fish advisories, increased education is needed about the advisories and about mercury exposure among at-risk populations in Duval and Martin Counties. (cdc.gov)
  • The study will at least serve to warn cities with high populations and high particulate matter levels that they will likely see higher numbers of hospitalizations and deaths. (eponline.com)
  • However, Hispanic and black populations are more likely to be breathing in the air pollution that's created. (cnn.com)
  • METHODS: Road traffic and railway noise exposures (Lden) at the most and least exposed façades were estimated for all dwellings in Denmark during 1990-2017. (lu.se)
  • Lden measures the average sound level over a 24 hour period, with a penalty of 5 dB added for the evening hours between 19:00 and 22:00, and a penalty of 10 dB added for the nighttime hours between 22:00 and 07:00. (apple.com)
  • 1990. Chromosome aberration and sister chromatid exchange test results with 42 chemicals. (cdc.gov)
  • Unfortunately, what most people may not know is that the majority of these chemicals, including petroleum products, have a significant level of radiation, which means they're detrimental to the environment . (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • Results of the study show a prevalence of 43% of allergic rhinitis among vendors. (scirp.org)
  • Air pollution is suspected to be the cause of the increase in the prevalence of rhinitis in the urban areas. (scirp.org)
  • Air pollution from cars is therefore a major risk factor for increasing the prevalence of allergic rhinitis. (scirp.org)
  • Climate change may result in not only the increasing prevalence and severity of known occupational hazards and exposures, but also the emergence of new ones. (cdc.gov)
  • Studies of airborne fungi provide prevalence data that are important to estimate patients' exposures to molds. (medscape.com)
  • The attenuation results from the subject-fit method corresponded more closely to real-world data than results from the other protocol tested, which allowed the experimenter to coach subjects in HPD use, Comparisons of interlaboratory measurement variability for the subject-fit procedure to previous interlaboratory studies using other protocols indicated that the measurements with the new procedure are at least as reproducible as those obtained with existing standardized methods. (cdc.gov)
  • As in all other stages of the benefits analysis, the assumptions and methods used in the exposure assessment should be well-justified and clearly described, with careful attention paid to assessing and communicating key sources of uncertainty. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Because the most recent EPA analysis reviewed by the committee (the benefits analysis for the heavy-duty (HD) engine and diesel-fuel rule) uses current data and exposure assessment methods, it serves as an illustrative example throughout this exposure assessment discussion. (nationalacademies.org)
  • The committee considers that the exposure assessment methods used in the analysis for the HD engine and diesel-fuel rule represent an appropriate and reasonably thorough application of available data and models. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Linear and logistic regressions, including random effects were used to account for confounding and clustering on city level. (nih.gov)
  • Direct effects, such as increased ambient temperatures, air pollution, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, extreme weather, vector-borne diseases, and expanded vector ranges (discussed in more detail below). (cdc.gov)
  • Outdoor workers will have more frequent, intense, and longer exposure to UV radiation, resulting in increased risk of adverse eye effects, skin cancer, and possibly immune dysfunction. (cdc.gov)
  • HBM makes it possible to determine levels of contamination in individuals and, where applicable, some of the biological effects triggered by it. (researchgate.net)
  • We combine these localized reductions and displacement effects with granular information on population density to compute pollution exposure. (areuea.org)
  • They exert their negative effects on the environment through two processes, long range transport, which allows them to travel far from their source, and bioaccumulation, which reconcentrates these chemical compounds to potentially dangerous levels. (wikipedia.org)
  • Will we ever truly know the full extent of plastic pollution and its effects on living beings? (newstarget.com)
  • 2) the European-wide hybrid land use regression model developed within the Effects of Low-Level Air Pollution: A Study in Europe (ELAPSE) project, providing annual concentrations of PM 2.5 , NO 2 , BC, and O 3 for year 2010. (healtheffects.org)
  • More recently, dramatic reductions of elevated Blood Pressure, and reductions of elevated blood sugar levels, as well as stabilization of Bipolar disorders, point to other beneficial effects possible from the induction of specific resonances at adequate amplitudes. (stenulson.net)
  • This [finding] contrasts with previous research that looked only at fine particulate exposure where women were living and showed small or no effects on breast cancer risk," said Fervers in a press release issued before the Congress. (medscape.com)
  • Fervers and colleagues plan to investigate the effects of pollution exposure during the commute to get a complete picture of effects on breast cancer risk. (medscape.com)
  • Importantly, note the authors, the effects were particularly marked at the highest levels of aircraft noise (above the 90th percentile for noise exposure) suggesting a threshold effect above 55 dB. (medscape.com)
  • Researchers found that the risk for cardiovascular-related death is linked to many factors, including ambient air and household air pollution. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • Household air pollution is also a major source of exposure, more knowledge on how different cook stoves, fuels and habits affect exposure is crucial. (lu.se)
  • noise exposure can induce hearing impairment, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, sleep disturbance, and a host of other psychological and social behavior problems. (cdc.gov)
  • They report that every 10-dB increase in noise exposure (by zip code) was associated with a 3.5% higher rate of hospital admissions for cardiovascular disease. (medscape.com)
  • The strong evidence of a link between exposure to PM 2.5 and many diseases, even at levels below the WHO guideline and, nationally, the National Ambient Air Quality Standards in the U.S., suggests that both sets of guidelines should be reviewed and updated," said Francesca Dominici , professor of biostatistics at Harvard Chan School and principal investigator of the study. (harvard.edu)
  • However, the effect of long-term exposure to particulate matter from industry and traffic on COPD as defined by lung function has not been evaluated so far. (nih.gov)
  • Patients with COPD and people who are still smoking have higher levels of ACE-2 in their airways, which might put them at an increased risk of developing severe COVID-19 infections, new study says. (epha.org)
  • Noise pollution has increased over the years due to increased traffic and air travel, urbanization, and industrial noise exposure. (apple.com)
  • To estimate daily PM 2.5 levels across the U.S., researchers used a computer model that predicts exposure using satellite-based measurements and a computer simulation of air pollution. (harvard.edu)
  • Using SEMs, we fit a latent variable for traffic pollution that is reflected by levels of carbon monoxide, nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and black carbon (BC) to estimate its effect on latent variable for parasympathetic tone that included HF, SDNN and rMSSD, and the sympathetic tone marker, LF/HF. (harvard.edu)
  • 2005. A physiologically based toxicokinetic model of inhalation exposure to xylenes in Caucasian men. (cdc.gov)
  • Inhalation exposure to diesel exhaust in the railroad work environment causes significant and quantifiable cancer risks to many railroad workers. (springer.com)
  • This study uses diesel exhaust concentrations in the railroad work environment in conjunction with the USEPA's Integrated Risk Information System ("IRIS") risk assessment methodology to quantify the cancer risk posed to railroad workers due to occupational inhalation exposure to diesel exhaust. (springer.com)
  • To our knowledge, this study is the first to examine the risk of breast cancer associated with long-term exposure of subjects to atmospheric pollution both at home and in the workplace, estimated using a very small spatial resolution [statistical] model," said the researchers. (medscape.com)
  • Weather and climate patterns are changing, causing increasingly frequent and severe heat waves, drought, flooding, and extreme weather events, as well as a rise in sea levels, a report released in May by the U.S. Global Change Research Program concluded ( National Climate Assessment ). (cdc.gov)
  • NIOSH Bulletin 68 (2017) states that there is "no known safe level" of exposure to carcinogens and recommends an evaluation of the USEPA's IRIS guidance to evaluate quantitative risk assessment of human exposure to occupational carcinogens. (springer.com)
  • We conducted the study in our acoustics laboratory and compared the results to a professional sound level meter. (cdc.gov)
  • 1993. A comparative study of the kinetic and bioavailability of pure and soil-adsorbed benzene, toluene, and m -xylene after dermal exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • In an Indoor Air study conducted in a suburb of the city of Kuopio, Finland, relatively short-lasting wood and candle burning of a few hours increased residents' daily exposure to potentially hazardous particulate air pollution. (sciencedaily.com)
  • At the conclusion of the study, the researchers found that exposure to nitrogen dioxideduring the first and second trimesters was associated with lower pulmonary function growth in both girls and boys in childhood. (eurekalert.org)
  • In 2009, the French newspaper Le Monde published the results of a study conducted by ASEF on air quality in French nurseries. (wikipedia.org)
  • This study was conducted in three French cities: Paris, Grenoble and Aix-en-Provence. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is the first study to utilize USEPA methodology to calculate the excess lung cancer risk caused by railroad workers' cumulative exposure to diesel exhaust. (springer.com)
  • Results showed that women of child-bearing age in Duval and Martin Counties consume more fish than their counterparts in other areas of the United States and that their hair-mercury levels are higher than the participants of the study who do not consume fish. (cdc.gov)
  • According to a 2015 study conducted on patients in India (where air quality is particularly bad), pollution can contribute to scalp irritation, redness, itching, excessive sebum secretion, dandruff and hair loss. (besthealthmag.ca)
  • The results of the study were published in the academic journal Population and Environment . (sciencedaily.com)
  • What makes our study different is that we are actually studying kids in their home setting, but there's a body of literature where they have studied levels of air pollution at schools in California and Baton Rouge, Louisiana, instead of at children's homes. (sciencedaily.com)
  • A study on the Los Angeles Unified School District showed that schools with higher levels of pollution have lower standardized test scores. (sciencedaily.com)
  • One recent New York Times article explores a new study that suggests that coronavirus patients in areas with high air pollution are more likely to die than patients in cleaner parts of the country. (eponline.com)
  • The paper found that if Manhattan had lowered it average particulate matter level by one single unit, or one microgram per cubic meter, over the past 20 years, the study suspects it could have seen 248 fewer COVID-19 deaths by this point in the pandemic. (eponline.com)
  • Still, the study found that just a slight increase in long-term pollution exposure could have serious coronavirus-related consequences. (eponline.com)
  • The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between long-term exposure to NO 2 and coronavirus fatality. (epha.org)
  • But despite all the benefits, we've had cases of scientists experiencing complications and even fatalities due to exposure, especially when conducting a study on radiation. (conserve-energy-future.com)
  • No high quality study of the effect of outdoor and indoor air pollution on pregnant women in Africa has so far been conducted. (lu.se)
  • that might also take account of air pollution, social disadvantage, and migration in and out of study areas," Stansfeld writes. (medscape.com)
  • New medical research shows that auto-caused air pollution can set the stage for childhood asthma while the helpless fetus is still in the womb. (zdnet.com)
  • The research indicates air pollution causes genetic alterations before the baby's born, making the infant more prone to asthma. (zdnet.com)
  • Recent evidence relates air pollution to diabetes (Thiering and Heinrich 2015 ), rheumatic diseases (Sun et al. (springer.com)
  • Air pollution is one of the most dangerous causes of some of the known and even unknown critical diseases. (articlecube.com)
  • This chemical exposure results in such severe diseases, which at a later age are not even medical control. (articlecube.com)
  • Gary Fuller dedicates The Invisible Killer , his new book about the persistent global scourge of air pollution, to the smog's victims, who "have no memorial. (nybooks.com)
  • Pollution has proved much more persistent, and exposure to it much more damaging, than anyone expected. (nybooks.com)
  • What Bond and Lavers discovered is that proventriculus scarring is widespread across the animal kingdom due to persistent exposure to, and ingestion of, plastics. (newstarget.com)
  • therefore, any added particulate matter exposures in combination with sulfur dioxide exposures may have increased the risk of an adverse effect to the lungs. (cdc.gov)
  • Even very short-term elevations in fine particle exposure might increase the risk of myocardial ischaemia. (bmj.com)
  • OBJECTIVES: We aimed to examine the influence of long-term residential exposure to transportation noise at the loudest and quietest residential façades and the risk for type 2 diabetes. (lu.se)
  • DISCUSSION: Long-term exposure to road, railway, and possibly aircraft traffic noise was associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in a nationwide cohort of Danish adults. (lu.se)
  • These and other studies showed only a weak association between exposure and disease or death-an increased relative risk of 1.26 and 1.17 respectively-and yielded several discrepant results. (cei.org)
  • The EPA considers the cancer risk from pollution to be unacceptable when it tops 100 cases for every million people who are exposed to a chemical over the course of their lifetime. (georgiahealthnews.com)
  • Our data showed a statistically significant association between long-term exposure to fine particlulate matter air pollution, at home and at work, and risk of breast cancer. (medscape.com)
  • higher levels offer little advantage and increase the risk of hypercapnia. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Researchers have dubbed it "sensitive scalp syndrome," and say it's the result of exposure to increasing levels of air pollution. (besthealthmag.ca)
  • Researchers have found that people exposed to higher levels of air pollution are more likely to experience depression or commit suicide. (ndtv.com)
  • First, researchers at the University of Minnesota pinpointed what products and services were created with a byproduct of air pollution (e.g. factories or transportation). (cnn.com)
  • By combining these pieces of information, researchers could see that there was a difference between the groups whose consumption habits indirectly contributed to air pollution, and groups that lived in areas with the highest amount of air pollution. (cnn.com)
  • Conclusions Despite ratification of the FCTC in 2005, pollution levels within indoor public venues that both cigarette and water-pipe smoking are commonly permit smoking have been found to exceed this practised in enclosed public places throughout Lebanon, recommendation by severalfold.9 leading to unsafe levels of indoor particulate pollution. (who.int)
  • 2.5 µm) exposure or outdoor particle concentrations are associated with rapid ischaemic responses. (bmj.com)
  • Additionally, the same five regions show the highest NO 2 concentrations combined with downwards airflow which prevent an efficient dispersion of air pollution. (epha.org)
  • The PM 10 levels were modelled in 1 × 1 km grids using a Eulerian air quality dispersion model. (springer.com)
  • Through the use of crowdsourcing techniques, people around the world may be able to collect and share noise exposure data using their smartphones. (cdc.gov)
  • Our data suggest that exposure to air pollution at the workplace in vendors could lead to allergic rhinitis. (scirp.org)
  • The data refute the model proposing that exposure level significantly influences symptoms and disease. (springer.com)
  • Inaccuracies in data collection regarding socioeconomic status, as well as using participants' fuel use and ventilation levels to examine air pollution exposure indirectly may have affected the results. (medicalnewstoday.com)
  • No worker exposure data are available for the first 25 years of Stauffer operations (1947-1971). (cdc.gov)
  • ATSDR made this determination based on air data available for a limited period of time, approximately five years (1977-81), after the Stauffer facility had installed air pollution control equipment. (cdc.gov)
  • To assess the exposure of Palestinian schoolchildren, we surveyed blood lead levels in 3 schools in Nablus city and collected demographic and clinical data. (who.int)
  • We collected information associated with more than 1,700 power plants across China, and combined with high resolution satellite data measuring monthly sulphur dioxide (SO2) levels. (areuea.org)
  • The data has also been provided as an annual mean so that the results can be compared to our air quality objectives. (lewisham.gov.uk)
  • All data emphasize that regional vegetation strongly affects the local airborne spore levels. (medscape.com)
  • RESULTS: Hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for type 2 diabetes in association with 10-dB increases in 10-y mean road traffic noise at the most and least exposed façades, respectively, were 1.05 (95% CI: 1.04, 1.05) and 1.09 (95% CI: 1.08, 1.10). (lu.se)
  • Only at the higher hourly levels detected (600 to 800 parts per billion) would healthy (non-asthmatic) people have experienced some of the symptoms of sulfur dioxide exposure. (cdc.gov)
  • These results raise awareness of the continued importance of assessing the impact of air pollution exposure. (harvard.edu)
  • Most of these poisonings occurred among children and elderly persons and resulted from exposures in idling automobiles with exhaust pipes blocked by snow. (cdc.gov)