Tag Archives: Health Effects of Air Pollution

Meat-eating causes 75,000 Chinese deaths a year through pollution

Posted on December 20, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Dietary shifts towards eating more meat causes 75,000 premature deaths a year in China through air pollution, a study shows.  The study, published in the journal Nature Food, is the first to examine how changes in diets in China from … Continue reading →

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Specific components of air pollution identified as more harmful than others

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

New estimates can help reveal dangers of specific chemicals and inform policies to reduce the impact of air pollution on human health Ammonium is one of the specific components of fine particulate matter (PM2.5), that has been linked to a … Continue reading →

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Air pollution can cause serious health consequences to more than 600 million people in South Asia

Posted on December 16, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

With another smoggy winter hanging over the vast and thickly populated Indo-Gangetic plains, there are fears of serious health consequences to more than 600 million people living in northern India and Nepal as well as in eastern Pakistan and Bangladesh. … Continue reading →

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Reduced vehicle emissions have saved thousands of lives

Posted on December 14, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Since 2008, the number of deaths caused by air pollution have been reduced by thousands in the United States as a result of decreasing vehicle emissions, according to a new study led by Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. … Continue reading →

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Chronic exposure to air pollution may increase risks for ICU admission or death among COVID-19 patients, study finds

Posted on December 10, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Hospitalized COVID-19 patients who had been chronically exposed in their neighborhoods to higher particulate matter — such as smoke, soot, and dirt — had increased risks for admission to the intensive care unit (ICU) and death compared to those without … Continue reading →

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Does air pollution reduce the benefits of physical activity on the brain?

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

A new study shows that people who do vigorous physical activities, like jogging or playing competitive sports, in areas with higher air pollution may show less benefit from that exercise when it comes to certain markers of brain disease. The … Continue reading →

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EU urban population exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution

Posted on December 8, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

The majority of Europe’s population living in urban areas is exposed to dangerous levels of air pollution, said the European Environment Agency on Tuesday. Over 90 percent of urban population is exposed to high levels of fine particulate matter, nitrogen … Continue reading →

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Long-term exposure to air pollution linked to metabolic-associated fatty liver disease

Posted on December 7, 2021 by Respro® UK Ltd

Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a growing global health challenge and poses a substantial economic burden. A large-scale epidemiologic study in China has identified links between long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and MAFLD. These links are exacerbated by … Continue reading →

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