Childhood air pollution exposure linked to early death
People exposed to significant air pollution in early childhood are more likely to die early than those raised in areas with better air quality, research suggests.
Sep 19, 2023
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People exposed to significant air pollution in early childhood are more likely to die early than those raised in areas with better air quality, research suggests.
Sep 19, 2023
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There is already robust evidence that people living with cardiovascular disease are disproportionately affected by poor air quality and extreme temperatures, in large part due to climate change, the greatest threat to human ...
Sep 13, 2023
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Researchers at the National Institutes of Health found that living in an area with high levels of particulate air pollution was associated with an increased incidence of breast cancer. The study, published in JNCI: Journal ...
Sep 11, 2023
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A new study by researchers from Emory University, Toxic-Free Future, the University of Washington and Seattle Children's Research Institute found toxic flame retardants in breast milk samples, showing—for the first time—that ...
Aug 10, 2023
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Early exposure to polluted air, including in the womb, can have early and lasting effects on heart health. So reports a new University at Albany led study that surveyed the landscape of research on air pollution, the built ...
Jul 26, 2023
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Black residents living in highly segregated neighborhoods have significantly shortened life expectancies, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study published July 14 in JAMA Health Forum.
Jul 14, 2023
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Environmental disasters are difficult for anyone. For people with cardiovascular disease, they can be particularly risky.
Jun 29, 2023
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Air pollution is known to contribute to disease, which is why regulators such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set limits on emissions. But mounting evidence suggests that even pollution levels long thought to ...
Jun 22, 2023
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Regulating environmental pollution around the world still largely relies upon risk assessments of single pollutants, ignoring combined toxicities and interactions of groups of substances. However, in the real world, co-exposure ...
Jun 8, 2023
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Scientists at the IUF—Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine in Düsseldorf, Germany, have shown that tire wear, age and temperature accelerate neurodegeneration (i.e. the decline of nerve cells) in models ...
Jun 1, 2023
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