Category Archives: Health Effects of Air Pollution

Polluted air may up risk of many cancers

Posted on May 4, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

For elderly people in Hong Kong, long term exposure to fine-particle air pollution is tied to an increased risk of dying from many cancers, including breast, liver and pancreatic cancer, in addition to the expected lung cancer risk, according to … Continue reading →

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World Asthma Day 2016: Why We Need To Reduce Air Pollution, Environmental Toxins More Than Ever

Posted on May 3, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Asthma rates have only increased in recent decades, and air pollution may be one of the culprits. Asthma rates have increased significantly in recent decades, with the number of people diagnosed with asthma in the United States growing 4.3 million between 2001 … Continue reading →

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Exposure to particulate air pollutants associated with numerous types of cancer 

Posted on April 29, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a series of monographs on the evaluation of various carcinogenic risks. In a monograph on air pollution, the organization pointed out the difficulty of assessing the effects of pollution … Continue reading →

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Even a little air pollution may have long-term health effects on developing fetus 

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Even small amounts of air pollution appear to raise the risk of a condition in pregnant women linked to premature births and lifelong neurological and respiratory disorders in their children, new Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health research suggests. … Continue reading →

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NASA CSI: On the Trail of a Hazy Global Killer 

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

For more than three decades NASA has focused its space-faring skills and science chops CSI-like on an elusive global killer. Later this month, that pursuit takes us to East Asia. In a few years, part way to the moon. Air … Continue reading →

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Why this may be the year you get hay fever for the first time 

Posted on April 12, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

There’s been worrying news for allergy sufferers recently, with reports that so-called ‘super allergies’ are on the way. Not only will these allergic reactions last longer – depressing enough for the estimated 21 million allergy sufferers in the UK – … Continue reading →

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Respirator mask reduces effects of pollution on the heart

Posted on April 7, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

The use of a respiratory filter mask, a common practice in China and Japan, among other countries, helps minimize the impact of pollution on people with heart failure during rush-hour traffic in cities such as São Paulo, Brazil. For healthy … Continue reading →

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Exposure to air pollution leads to obesity: Study 

Posted on April 1, 2016 by Respro® UK Ltd

Exposure to air pollution leads to obesity and makes people prone to other lifestyle diseases such as hypertension and heart disease, a study has revealed. The study published in the Journal of Federation of the American Society of Experimental Biology … Continue reading →

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