«There is significantly less known about how birds are affected
by exposure to air pollution from other types of sources, such as motor vehicles.»
Not exact matches
These symptoms usually are triggered
by an
exposure to an allergen, virus or other factor such as
pollution or cold
air.
In «Long - term Coarse PM
Exposure Is Associated with Asthma Among Children in Medicaid,» researchers report that coarse particulate matter, the kind of air pollution created by physical processes such as tire and break wear, agricultural tilling, salt spray and dust created in manufacturing, appears to put children at greater risk for asthma, independent of exposure to fine particulate po
Exposure Is Associated with Asthma Among Children in Medicaid,» researchers report that coarse particulate matter, the kind of
air pollution created
by physical processes such as tire and break wear, agricultural tilling, salt spray and dust created in manufacturing, appears
to put children at greater risk for asthma, independent of
exposure to fine particulate po
exposure to fine particulate
pollution.
«Our findings help us
to understand how it is that
exposures to air pollution may cause the increases in heart attacks and strokes observed
by other studies,» Adar said.
Long term
exposure to air pollution may be linked
to heart attacks and strokes
by speeding up atherosclerosis, or «hardening of the arteries,» according
to a study
by U.S. researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine.
Of course, that car contributed
to the
pollution woes of passing pedestrians and prior research from Kaur and her collaborators showed that walking farther from traffic reduced pedestrian
exposure to air pollution by up
to 10 percent.
Exposure to air pollution early in a pregnancy could increase risk for preterm birth and low birth weight, according
to a study led
by researchers at NYU School of Medicine, and published on July 27 in Environmental Health Perspectives.
A recent study
by Tel Aviv University researchers provides new evidence linking high
exposure to air pollution to an increased risk of congenital malformations.
A new study finds that long - term
exposure to fine - particle
air pollution — formed
by the gasses of cars, power plants, and other sources — is associated with much higher mortality rates from cancers of the breast, upper digestive tract, and other organs.
It's been estimated
by the Environmental Working Group (EWG)(a non-profit environmental research organization dedicated
to improving public health and protecting the environment
by reducing
pollution in
air, water and food), that people can lower their pesticide
exposure from produce
by almost 90 percent
by avoiding the «dirty dozen.»
Remember, your body is continually bombarded every day
by free radicals (creating oxidative stress) from exercise,
air pollution, smoke, sun
exposure, junk food,
exposure to chemicals, etc..
Curriculum will discuss how poor communities and communities of color have higher
exposure to environmental health risk factors like
pollution, and less access
to the benefits provided
by the environment such as clean
air and open space.
The
pollution and poverty index is a ranking of each census tract as scored
by the CalEnviroScreen (CES 2.0)-- it's a combination of poverty, language isolation, and
exposure to toxics in both
air and water that was generated
by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (see oehha.ca.gov/ej/ces2.html for more details).
«What's been missing is an understandable way
to access our personal
exposure [
to air pollution] and advice on what
to do about what you're breathing, Most people don't know how much
pollution changes day
by day, but also hour
by hour and even street
by street.»
The study finds the mortality rate for bike share users increases
by 0.03 from crashes and 0.13 from increased
exposure to air pollution.
A follow - up study
by the World Health Organization in 2014 upped that estimate
to 4.3 million deaths, mainly
by including cardiovascular deaths associated with
exposure to air pollution.
Once the data were statistically analyzed
to correct for other risk factors like smoking, the results indicated that increased
exposure to fine particulate matter caused
by air pollution is linked
to health problems like chronic bronchitis and decreased lung function, as well as premature death.
A comparison of medical records from 81,186 single child births
to air pollution levels in the area revealed that high
pollution exposure raised the risk of a severely premature birth
by 128 percent.»
A new study from researchers at the University of Leeds says that pedestrians can easily reduce their
exposure to air pollution simply
by crossing the street.