Sentences with phrase «effect on air pollution»

Aside from thousands of drivers not respecting the ban, there's actually no clear proof that such bans have a positive long - term effect on air pollution, and there's concern the effect may even be negative.

Commercial shipping (which includes much more than container ships, but also cruise ships, ferries, tankers, etc.) has a dirty little secret: Its effect on air pollution.

Consumer products that emit VOCs have an outsized effect on air pollution, the team found.

Not exact matches

She is currently involved in two new studies — one probing the effects of air pollution and the other examining the synergistic effects of smog and diet on respiratory well - being.

Air pollution has decreased over the past few decades, but residents still may be dealing with the lasting effects on their health.

Existing research has often highlighted the adverse effects of air pollutants on lung function in school - age children and adolescents, but the effects of a mother's exposure to pollution on the lung function of her unborn child and shortly after birth are less well known.

Clinical effects of air pollution on the central nervous system; a review.

«The many adverse effects of air pollution on human health support continued efforts to reduce this burden.»

«Although the link between traffic - related air pollution and left ventricular hypertrophy, heart failure, and cardiovascular death is established, the effects of traffic - related air pollution on the right ventricle have not been well studied,» said lead author Peter Leary, MD, MS, of the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle.

«We will be conducting extensive testing of our athletes to evaluate the effect of Beijing's air pollution on lung function,» he says.

This latest research is part of continuing studies into the effects of air pollution on bees.

«We don't think that air pollution from diesel vehicles is the main reason for this decline, but our latest work suggests that it may have a worse effect on the flower odours needed by bees than we initially thought.

«In the years to come, we're going to have major increases in all types of chronic illnesses,» he continued, ticking them off on his fingers, «in respiratory illnesses, in heart disease, in increases in heart attacks and strokes because air pollution increases blood clotting, and in its effects on developing fetuses — there is so much fallout from air pollution.

Research on coal burning in China offers powerful evidence of air pollution's effect on public health

Ilina Krishen became aware of the dangers of smoking and chemical air pollution when she saw the effects of lung disease on family members.

The researchers hope an added bonus could be understanding how pollutants are transported and transformed as air is pushed along the tropics, which could have a direct effect on people living downwind of major air pollution sources.

By relying on this well - validated prediction model, the team was able to include subjects who live in unmonitored and less - populated areas so that the effects of air pollution on all 60 million people could be analyzed regardless of whether they lived in urban, suburban, or rural areas.

The negative effect of imported pollution on the US's ability to achieve its air quality goals is not wholly unexpected, according to Owen Cooper, a senior research scientist at the University of Colorado and the NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, who is familiar with the current study but not directly involved.

She cited the effect of air pollution control laws on independent truckers and small farmers.

«Air pollution is so obviously bad for lungs, heart, and other organs that most of us have never considered its effects on the developing brain.

In 2013, the science committee subpoenaed the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over communications related to a controversial study on the health effects of air pollution known as the Harvard Six Cities Study.

The study is the most detailed assessment to date of the interwoven effects of climate policy on the economy, air pollution, and the cost of health problems related to air pollution.

Amid demands for greater transparency, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has responded to a subpoena from a congressional committee for decades - old data on the health effects of air pollution.

The four - year study is the first real - world trial looking at the effects of human behavior at the pump on urban air pollution.

Small particles in the air enhance the scattering effect, which is why on hazy days or when there is air pollution, the sunsets appear even redder.

And she goes on to say that even though the size of the effect seems relatively small, the ubiquitous nature of ambient air pollution exposure suggests that exposure to it might have considerable impact on stillbirth risk at the population level.

He then simulated the effect of long - term exposure to increased air pollution (of 10 micrograms of small particles per cubic meter) on mortality.

In addition, the work of Kalkbrenner and her colleagues, building on previous studies, showed that women in the third trimester of pregnancy were more susceptible to the damaging effects of air pollution on their unborn child.

By using climate models to simulate what air pollution was like in 1850 and 2000, Jason West at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his colleagues have estimated its effect on current death rates.

Much of her work has examined this environmental justice question in the context of ambient air pollution and indoor chemical exposures, prenatal exposures and effects on birth outcomes and children's health, often using community - based participatory research approaches for data collection and risk communication.

Generally any substance that people introduce into the atmosphere that has damaging effects on living things and the environment is considered air pollution.

The degree of air pollution in China exceeded that in most of the world, yet assessments of total health effects must also include other fossil fuel caused air and water pollutants, as discussed in the following section on ecology and the environment.

«We must keep in mind that the entire population is exposed to air pollution in industrial countries, so the effect on public health is not negligible,» Mustafic says.

This study added to the growing body of research on air pollutions effect on the heart.

Toxins could be alcohol, processed food, air pollution, refined sugar, medicines, chemicals from cleaners, insert anything you can think of that sounds like it would have a negative effect on the body.

Mercury — studies show that mercury from pollution (coal burning plants are the biggest source of mercury pollution to air and water) and from fish that are high on the food chain such as tuna, shark, swordfish, tilefish, etc can possibly cause long term negative effects on your brain.

Air pollution can seriously damage fertility and have catastrophic effects on infant health.

Countless studies have shown the effect of air pollution on cardiovascular and respiratory health — killing millions each year.

The effect on pregnancy may in some ways be an extension of those effects as air pollution disrupts the way a pregnant woman delivers oxygen to the fetus.

In this capacity he has invested a great deal of time and effort on clinical trials examining the effects of broccoli sprouts (which contain phytochemicals extremely closely related to those found in moringa) in protecting against cancers, COPD, asthma, autism, schizophrenia, air pollution injury, and other diverse conditions.

This evening, beginning with Earth, Wind & Fire at 7 / 6C, the Documentary Channel will be airing five consecutive hours of documentaries that deal with alternative power sources; the effect of pollution on nature; the encroachment of development on the Amazonian rain forest, and the possibility of demand exceeding production of «cheap oil.»

We wanted to hear their views on the matter, as they are some of the most susceptible to the adverse effects of air pollution, which can lead to poor lung and brain development and asthma if exposed for long periods of time at a young age.

We examine the effect of air pollution on school absences using administrative data for elementary and middle school children in 39 of the largest school districts in Texas merged with air quality

Huge thanks to @antoinecosse, London based cartoonist and illustrator, for helping us to raise awareness about the effects of air pollution on children.

Study after study into the effects of air pollution on the human body has turned up a grim laundry - list of associated ills — such as increased risks of stroke, heart attack, and lung disease — and now, according to the latest research, it may actually be doing harm to our brains as well, ultimately leading to learning problems and even depression.

The harmfull effects of air pollution on the human body are well documented, from causing brain damage to increasing the risk of heart attacks, but it turns out that it can put people under the weather in more ways than one.

While the negative effects of air pollution on human respiratory systems is well known, researchers from Ohio State University suspected that inhaling particulate may have some unexpected consequences that go much deeper.

The harmful effects of air pollution on the human body are well documented, from causing brain damage to increasing the risk of heart attacks, but it turns out that it can put people under the weather in more ways than one.

This one is really a red flag: «this paper provides evidence of a composite effect» (combined air and water pollution) on infant health» (page 6).

Air pollution effects depend on the specific pollutants; particles (and their size), toxics, etc..