Tag Archives: Health Effects of Air Pollution

Pollutant emitted by forest fire causes DNA damage and lung cell death

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

When exposed in a laboratory to pollution levels comparable to those found in the atmosphere of the Amazon region during the forest and crop burning season, human lung cells suffer severe DNA damage and stop dividing. After 72 hours of … Continue reading →

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Sulfur dioxide pollution tied to degraded sperm quality

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Men’s sperm counts have plummeted by up to 60% over the last 40 years in Western countries and by nearly 30% since 2001 in China. Experts lack firm answers regarding the cause of the sperm deficit but suspect that behaviors … Continue reading →

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Pollution linked to one in six deaths 

Posted on October 20, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Pollution has been linked to nine million deaths worldwide in 2015, a report in The Lancet has found. Almost all of these deaths occurred in low- and middle-income countries, where pollution could account for up to a quarter of deaths. Bangladesh and … Continue reading →

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Mothers’ exposure to air pollution tied to cellular changes in kids

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Women who breathe polluted air during pregnancy have babies with greater signs of “aging” in their cells when they’re born compared to babies whose mothers breathed cleaner air, a new study finds. Babies with higher exposure to fine particle pollution … Continue reading →

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Air pollution linked to nearly 400,000 premature deaths 

Posted on October 12, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Bulgaria and Poland have the highest levels of premature deaths attributed to particulate pollution. Air quality in Europe is improving, but pollution is still killing a lot of people. Fine particulate matter pollution caused 399,000 premature deaths in EU countries … Continue reading →

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Air pollution exposure on home-to-school routes reduces the growth of working memory 

Posted on October 9, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Findings of an ISGlobal study underscore the importance of establishing school routes along less polluted streets A new study has demonstrated that exposure to air pollution on the way to school can have damaging effects on children’s cognitive development. The … Continue reading →

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ALS Study Links Long-term Air Pollution with Development of the Disease

Posted on October 6, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Long-term exposure to air pollution increases the risk of a person developing amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a Dutch study shows. The study, “Long-Term Air Pollution Exposure and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in Netherlands: A Population-based Case–control Study,” appeared in the journal Environmental Health … Continue reading →

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Air pollution may have damaging effects on the kidneys

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Respro® UK Ltd

Highlight In a study of US veterans, researchers found a linear relationship between air pollution levels and risk of experiencing kidney function decline and of developing kidney disease or kidney failure. Air quality remains suboptimal in many parts of the … Continue reading →

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