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Health

Almost 40% of Americans live with dirty air: Report

Nearly 40% of Americans live where the air is polluted enough to harm them, a new report warns.

Apr 24, 2024

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Cleaning products emit hundreds of hazardous chemicals, new study finds

A study by Environmental Working Group scientists has found unsettling details about the potential health risks of common household cleaning products.

Sep 13, 2023

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Long COVID symptoms can improve, but their resolution is slow and imperfect, study finds

Around 5–10% of people who get infected with SARS-CoV-2 will experience symptoms that persist way beyond the initial acute period, a clinical syndrome we are learning more about, known widely as long COVID.

Sep 4, 2023

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Health

Health burden of air pollution found to differ across racial groups

Health benefits that have resulted from reductions in fine particulate air pollution aren't distributed equally among populations in the U.S., a new Yale-led study finds. Racial and ethnic minorities—and Black people in ...

Aug 31, 2023

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Health

How states can better regulate indoor air quality

Open any weather report for your area, and in addition to temperature and humidity levels, you'll also find the current outdoor air quality. But what about when you enter a school, an office building, a hospital, or a grocery ...

Aug 21, 2023

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Medical economics

Air pollution from oil and gas production responsible for $77 billion in annual US health damages, study finds

Despite global efforts to transition from fossil fuels to clean energy, oil and gas (O&G) production is nearing record levels in the United States, posing concern among health experts about what this O&G growth means for ...

May 8, 2023

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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Is a common industrial chemical fueling the spread of Parkinson's disease?

A cancer-causing chemical that is widely used to degrease aviation components and heavy machinery could also be linked to Parkinson's disease, according to a new research paper that recommends increased scrutiny of areas ...

Mar 19, 2023

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Medical research

Common dry cleaning chemical linked to Parkinson's

A common and widely used chemical may be fueling the rise of the world's fastest growing brain condition—Parkinson's disease. For the past 100 years, trichloroethylene (TCE) has been used to decaffeinate coffee, degrease ...

Mar 14, 2023

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