Psychosocial stress,
exposure to air pollution including truck traffic, sleep disruption and changes to socioeconomic status are all biologically plausible pathways for unconventional natural gas development to affect health.
Not exact matches
Much less is known about the impact of environmental and psychological
exposures, but some potential threats
include: •
Air pollution: A small study of 60 newborns in New York City found that expectant mothers» exposure to combustion - related urban air pollution — emissions from cars, trucks, residential heating, power generation and tobacco smoking — may alter the structure of chromosomes in their fetus
Air pollution: A small study of 60 newborns in New York City found that expectant mothers»
exposure to combustion - related urban
air pollution — emissions from cars, trucks, residential heating, power generation and tobacco smoking — may alter the structure of chromosomes in their fetus
air pollution — emissions from cars, trucks, residential heating, power generation and tobacco smoking — may alter the structure of chromosomes in their fetuses.
There is longstanding evidence that
exposure to high concentrations of
air pollution increases the risk for several diseases
including heart attacks and European Union (EU) statutory
pollution limits are based on absolute upper values.
Her study, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, analyzed data from the Nurses» Health Study Cognitive Cohort, which
included almost 20,000 women ages 70
to 81, and used geographic information and
air - monitoring data
to estimate
pollution exposure.
In fact, when the team compared
exposure to all forms of measured
air pollution —
including larger particles and carbon monoxide — walking proved the best mode of transportation.
Daily
exposure to air pollution from sources
including traffic, power plants, and other industrial sources consisting of fine particles in the prenatal period was estimated based on where these mothers lived.
«We know that mothers»
exposure to air pollution during pregnancy can affect lung development of their babies and lead
to subsequent respiratory disorders,
including asthma, although little is known about whether timing of the
exposure is important
to consider,» said lead author Yueh - Hsiu Mathilda Chiu, ScD, from the Department of Pediatrics at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York.
«There's a lack of research regarding long - term
exposure to air pollution in some of the world's most polluted places,
including India,» said Aaron Cohen, an epidemiologist at the Health Effects Institute in Boston.
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.