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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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Air pollution impacts on bees ability to find food

Diesel fumes from modern transport and agricultural equipment could be preventing honeybees from finding their food flowers according to scientists. The researchers from Southampton have discovered that air pollution can mask the odour of flowers. By masking the floral smells … 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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It may be possible to use trees to monitor levels of air pollution in cities, new research suggests.

A Belgian study found evidence that leaves of urban trees change both chemically and physiologically when exposed to different levels of air pollution. If these changes are carefully quantified, trees could provide cheap and widespread ‘bio-indicators’, the study’s authors suggest. … 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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Air pollution worsened by climate change set to be more potent killer in the 21st century

This century, climate change is expected to induce changes in air pollution, exposure to which could increase annual premature deaths by more than 100,000 adults worldwide. Based on the findings from a modelling study published in Springer’s journal Climatic Change, … Continue reading

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