Tag Archives: Health Effects of Air Pollution

Blacks have more exposure to air pollutants raising heart disease risk, death

Posted on March 16, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Blacks often have higher exposure to air pollution than whites, which may partially explain their higher risk heart disease and death compared to whites, according to new research in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, an American Heart Association journal. Exposure … Continue reading →

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Air pollution linked to brain alterations and cognitive impairment in children

Posted on March 9, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

A study examines the relationship between air pollution exposure during fetal life, brain abnormalities and cognitive impairment A new study performed in the Netherlands has linked exposure to residential air pollution during fetal life with brain abnormalities that may contribute … Continue reading →

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Public at risk from ‘daily cocktail of pollution’

Posted on March 2, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

  People are being exposed to a daily cocktail of pollution that may be having a significant impact on their health, England’s chief medical officer says. Prof Dame Sally Davies said the impact of air, light and noise pollution was … Continue reading →

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Polluted air may pollute our morality

Posted on February 8, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Exposure to air pollution, even imagining exposure to air pollution, may lead to unethical behavior, according to findings published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. A combination of archival and experimental studies indicates that exposure … Continue reading →

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Air pollution linked to irregular menstrual cycles

Posted on January 26, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

The air your teenage daughter breathes may be causing irregular menstrual cycles. Well documented negative health effects from air pollution exposure include infertility, metabolic syndrome and polycystic ovary syndrome. This study is the first to show that exposure to air … Continue reading →

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Bad air quality along Utah’s Wasatch Front causes more than 200 pneumonia cases each year

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Air pollution erodes the health of adults over age 65, a population particularly vulnerable to the effects of pneumonia. Air pollution trapped by winter inversions along Utah’s Wasatch Front, the state’s most populated region, is estimated to send more than … Continue reading →

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Smoke from wildfires can tip air quality to unhealthy levels: Researchers analyze the long-term impact that wildfire smoke has on air quality in the US

Posted on January 11, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Smoke plumes emanating from wildfires are swept high up into the air and spread over thousands of kilometers even days after a fire has been put out. The fine particles and harmful ozone contained in these plumes often have devastating … Continue reading →

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Air pollution around conception tied to birth defects

Posted on January 4, 2018 by Respro® UK Ltd

Women who breathe polluted air during the month right before or after they get pregnant may be more likely to have babies with birth defects, a U.S. recent study suggests. Researchers examined data on birth defects for almost 290,000 infants … Continue reading →

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