High indoor temperatures appear to worsen symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, particularly in homes that also have high levels of air pollutants, according to new research published in the Annals of ...
Sep 30, 2016
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You know that nail salon smell? That sharp hit of chemicals, the strangely sweet scent of polish, the faint tingle in your nose? That's air pollution, and it's been linked to a variety of health effects experienced by the ...
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The United States experienced its second largest COVID wave of the pandemic in January 2024. For the year to December 2023, in England COVID rates peaked at around one in 24 people. During the same month, Singapore also experienced ...
Jan 17, 2024
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The health impact of indoor air pollution is a real environmental health issue, which is believed to have a bearing on respiratory conditions such as asthma. This has prompted a European study to take action. While outdoor ...
May 7, 2013
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Marking the fourth annual World Pneumonia Day, November 12th, world leaders and the Global Coalition Against Child Pneumonia are calling for major efforts in the fight against childhood pneumonia, which remains the number ...
Nov 12, 2012
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Solid fuels used for cooking are the prevailing source of indoor pollution in developing countries. Now a worldwide ecological assessment has found that rates of pneumonia among young children in different countries are linked ...
Sep 19, 2016
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Every year, wildfires across the western U.S. and Canada send plumes of smoke into the sky. When that smoke blows into southwestern Idaho's Treasure Valley, it blankets Boise-area residents in dirty air.
Jan 25, 2024
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that environmental health scientist Richard Peltier of the University of Massachusetts Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences (SPHHS) will receive ...
Jul 24, 2014
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More than 3000 adolescents die every day, totalling 1.2 million deaths a year, from largely preventable causes, according to a new report from the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners. In 2015, more than two thirds—some ...
May 16, 2017
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The New Brunswick legislature recently passed a motion to improve indoor air quality in the province's public buildings "to reduce the spread of airborne illnesses, such as COVID-19."
Jul 6, 2023
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