Health
Summer is coming! Here's why you need to protect your children's eyes
Should we buy sunglasses for children? And if so, how do we choose a quality product?
Jun 19, 2019
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News tagged with ozone
Cardiology
Study finds link between ambient ozone exposure, carotid wall thickness
Long-term exposure to ambient ozone appears to accelerate arterial conditions that progress into cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to a new University at Buffalo study.
May 29, 2019
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Health
Fewer deaths tied to dirty air, but threats persist: report
(HealthDay)—Significant but uneven improvements in air quality have greatly reduced U.S. deaths related to air pollution over the past decade, a new study shows.
May 23, 2019
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Health
Particulate matter takes away 125,000 years of healthy life from Europe's child population
A study led by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by "la Caixa," has estimated the disease burden for various environmental exposure factors among the child population of Europe, and ...
Apr 25, 2019
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Health
Air pollution increases ER visits for breathing problems
As levels of ozone and fine particulate pollution (PM2.5) rise, more patients end up in the ER with breathing problems, according to the largest U.S. study of air pollution and respiratory emergency room visits of patients ...
Jan 17, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Increased risk for oral cancer with exposure to high PM2.5
(HealthDay)—Taiwanese men exposed to high concentrations of fine particulate matter 2.5 (PM2.5) have an increased risk for oral cancer, according to a study recently published in the Journal of Investigative Medicine.
Nov 20, 2018
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Immunology
Study shows surprise low-level ozone impact on asthma patients
A new study led by UNC School of Medicine researchers indicates that ozone has a greater impact on asthma patients than previously thought. The study, published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, recruited ...
Sep 21, 2018
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Health
Ground-level ozone continues to damage health, even at low levels
Ground-level ozone is one of six major pollutants regulated nationally under the Clean Air Act. It is not directly emitted, but instead forms in the atmosphere through reactions between other pollutants from cars, power plants ...
Sep 14, 2018
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Health
Short-term exposure to low levels of air pollution linked with premature death among US seniors
Short-term exposures to fine particulate air pollution and ozone—even at levels well below current national safety standards—were linked to higher risk of premature death among the elderly in the U.S. according to a new ...
Dec 26, 2017
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Air pollution exposure in early pregnancy linked to miscarriage, study suggests
Exposure to common air pollutants, such as ozone and fine particles, may increase the risk of early pregnancy loss, according to a study conducted by the National Institutes of Health. The study appears in the journal Fertility ...
Nov 17, 2017
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Ozone
Ozone or trioxygen (O3) is a triatomic molecule, consisting of three oxygen atoms. It is an allotrope of oxygen that is much less stable than the diatomic O2. Ground-level ozone is an air pollutant with harmful effects on the respiratory systems of animals. The ozone layer in the upper atmosphere filters potentially damaging ultraviolet light from reaching the Earth's surface. It is present in low concentrations throughout the Earth's atmosphere. It has many industrial and consumer applications.
Ozone, the first allotrope of a chemical element to be recognized by science, was proposed as a distinct chemical compound by Christian Friedrich Schönbein in 1840, who named it after the Greek verb ozein (ὄζειν, "to smell"), from the peculiar odor in lightning storms. The formula for ozone, O3, was not determined until 1865 by Jacques-Louis Soret and confirmed by Schönbein in 1867.
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