Tag Archives: Health Effects of Air Pollution

Air pollution ‘still harming Europeans’ health’

Air pollution is still continuing to damage European citizens’ health and the environment, latest figures show. The European Environment Agency (EEA) listed tiny airborne particles and ozone as posing a “significant threat”. However, the authors said nations had significantly cut … Continue reading

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Air pollution as great a risk as smoking during pregnancy

Exposure to even low levels of common air pollutants during pregnancy significantly increases the risk of babies being born small, according to one of the largest studies of its kind. The research, published in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine journal, found … Continue reading

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Air pollution increases heart attacks

Air pollution increases heart attacks, according to research presented at the Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2013 by Dr Savina Nodari from Brescia, Italy. The Acute Cardiac Care Congress 2013 is the annual meeting of the Acute Cardiovascular Care Association (ACCA) … Continue reading

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Air pollution and psychological distress during pregnancy

Maternal psychological distress combined with exposure to air pollution during pregnancy have an adverse impact on the child’s behavioral development, according to researchers at the Columbia Center for Children’s Environmental Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. The study, … Continue reading

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Killer air worse than ever before as pollutants linked to birth defects

Experts believe poor air quality contributed to 29,000 deaths in the UK in 2008, with 4,300 in London. Critics of air control measures say the public is being duped into thinking the air is getting cleaner when they argue that … Continue reading

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Reducing personal exposure to particulate air pollution improves cardiovascular health in patients with coronary heart disease

BACKGROUND: Air pollution exposure increases cardiovascular morbidity and mortality and is a major global public health concern. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the benefits of reducing personal exposure to urban air pollution in patients with coronary heart disease. METHODS: In an open … Continue reading

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Research highlights health benefits of cutting air pollution

Millions of lives could be saved by the end of the century if greenhouse gas emissions were reduced, say US researchers. If the world does take concerted action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, then by 2100 between 1.4 million and … Continue reading

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Cleaner air from tackling climate change ‘would save millions of lives’

Tackling climate change would save millions of lives a year by the end of the century purely as a result of the decrease in air pollution, according to a new study. The study is published as scientists from around the … Continue reading

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