Sentences with phrase «health effects of pollution»

Along with wasting energy, these subpar housing conditions cause these residents to suffer disproportionately from the negative health effects of pollution, like asthma.

I appreciated the topical December 7 image in the release, especially because I was looking at how the BBC World Service «More or Less» trivialized and obscured a good recent paper by Rohde and others on the health effects of pollution (notably around Beijing)-- notably from particulate matter of less than 2.5 microns, etc..

Joel Schwartz studies the health effects of pollution at Harvard's T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, Mass..

Certain segments of the population, such as children, the elderly, and those with cardiopulmonary diseases are at higher risk of the health effects of pollution.

After months of pressure, the Cuomo administration in September announced plans for a biomonitoring program to gather information about the potential long - term health effects of the pollution, which may have been present for decades.

Not exact matches

More than two of every five Americans reside in counties with unhealthy levels of smog and air pollution, thanks largely to the effect of global warming, health researchers report.

Even as the water crisis moves toward some form of resolution, the town is just beginning to grapple with the health effects of the PFOA pollution.

Further, in service to its mission to protect public health from the effects of pollution and to support the continued development of strong science as a basis for effective decision making, the US EPA is co-sponsoring the meeting.

These findings are timely, she adds, because the EPA is currently conducting a comprehensive review of the science related to the health effects of particulate pollution, as mandated by the Clean Air Act.

That has helped to boost rates of cardiovascular disease and other health effects of such air pollution, a problem that combined with the health effects of air pollution from industrial coal burning that costs China roughly $ 66 billion dollars per year and causes 760,000 premature deaths, according to a World Bank report.

Dr Meleady, a lecturer in psychology, added: «If similar interventions were to be implemented in comparable situations in other cities and countries, the potential contribution to reducing air pollution, improving short and long term health, and reducing effects of global warming could be substantial.»

Altogether the information allowed the researchers to compare how the health of infants responded to fires that had different effects on pollution in their communities.

Co-author Dr Rachel McInnes, Senior Climate Impacts Scientist at the Met Office, added: «This finding that the effects of different types of vegetation — green space and gardens, and tree cover — differ at both very high and very low air pollution levels is particularly relevant for public health and urban planning policies.

The findings could have important implications for planning and public health policy, and suggest that tree planting could play a role in reducing the effects of air pollution from cars.

In this region alone, her institute spent $ 23 million over the past few years, mostly awarded to scientists investigating the connection between air pollution and an array of health effects.

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

A 2010 Stanford University study found that these domes act like pressure cookers, exacerbating pollution's harmful health effects, and may already be responsible for up to 1,000 excess deaths across the country, the equivalent of two jumbo jet crashes every single year.

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

Pollutants and other fine particles can hang in the air and travel great distances, said George Thurston, who studies the health effects of air pollution at New York School of Medicine.

The disastrous health effects they experience from pollution are a preview of what will happen everywhere as climate change becomes a routine fact of life, and as the planet gets hotter, carbon levels continue to climb and air quality progressively worsens.

The health effects of air pollution are a major concern for urban populations all over the world.

Gary Cohen, president and founder of the Massachusetts - based nonprofit Health Care Without Harm, said in a telephone interview that the risks of climate change to both the health of U.S. citizens and the U.S. health care delivery system is profound, particularly in urban areas, where warming average temperatures are exacerbated by the heat island effect and high concentrations of other air pollution like ozone and particulate mHealth Care Without Harm, said in a telephone interview that the risks of climate change to both the health of U.S. citizens and the U.S. health care delivery system is profound, particularly in urban areas, where warming average temperatures are exacerbated by the heat island effect and high concentrations of other air pollution like ozone and particulate mhealth of U.S. citizens and the U.S. health care delivery system is profound, particularly in urban areas, where warming average temperatures are exacerbated by the heat island effect and high concentrations of other air pollution like ozone and particulate mhealth care delivery system is profound, particularly in urban areas, where warming average temperatures are exacerbated by the heat island effect and high concentrations of other air pollution like ozone and particulate matter.

Ambient levels of air pollution are known to be associated with a wide range of adverse health effects that particularly affect the respiratory and cardiovascular systems.

Titled «Modeling Sustainability: Population, Inequality, Consumption, and Bidirectional Coupling of the Earth and Human Systems,» the paper describes how the rapid growth in resource use, land - use change, emissions, and pollution has made humanity the dominant driver of change in most of the Earth's natural systems, and how these changes, in turn, have critical feedback effects on humans with costly and serious consequences, including on human health and well - being, economic growth and development, and even human migration and societal conflict.

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 researchers estimate that more than 3.5 million people suffer from mercury - related health effects as a result of such artisanal gold mining, making it the world's worst toxic pollution problem in terms of number of people affected.

Because of the effects of heavy metal pollution on environmental and human health, measurement is critical — both in determining current levels and in documenting historical levels.

«We show that uptake of atmospheric NH3 (ammonia) onto surfaces containing TiO2 (titanium dioxide) is not a permanent removal process, as previously thought, but rather a photochemical route for generating reactive oxides of nitrogen that play a role in air pollution and are associated with significant health effects,» the authors write.

Application is an environmental issue in industrialized countries like the United States because of high energy input, increased greenhouse gas emissions, water pollution and other adverse effects on ecosystems and human health.

Amplification of existing health threats: The effects of extreme heat and heat waves, projected worsening air pollution and asthma, extreme rainfall and flooding, and displacement and injuries associated with extreme weather events, fueled by climate change, are already substantial public health issues.

The study found that health effects of wildfire pollution are significantly associated with poverty and income inequality.18 The study first finds that per 100µg / m3 of PM2.5 exposure, there was a 66 percent increase for hospital visits related to asthma on the day of exposure, and a 42 percent increase in visits related to congestive heart failure (CHF) the day after exposure.

The documented effects of pollution on reef fishes suggest the potential for feed - back loops, with altered fish behaviour and abundances detrimentally affecting reef health.

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.

Following this approach, known as chemical data assimilation, the health and environmental effects of atmospheric pollution can be assessed with increased accuracy.

December 19, 2017 — NIH findings with potential for enhancing human health include understanding how dietary factors influence disease risk, combatting the epigenetic effects of outdoor air pollution, and methods to detect prions in blood and skin.

Rising temperatures, a lack of rainfall and fewer storms allow pollution to gather and stagnate, and that in turn could have detrimental effects on public health.

Water Pollution from Coal includes negative health and environmental effects from the mining, processing, burning, and waste storage of coal, including acid mine drainage, thermal pollution from coal plants, acid rain, and contamination of groundwater, streams, rivers, and seas from heavy metals, mercury, and other toxins and pollutants found in coal ash, coal sludge, and coal waste.

Conditions such as economic strife, health problems, drug abuse, pollution, and lack of parental care experienced during early life can have a permanent effect on an individual's fitness, increasing the risk for and rate of neuropsychiatric disorders in these individuals when they become adults.

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.

After learning about the devastating effects of plastic pollution on the environment and human health, Oakland accountant Beth Terry began an experiment to see if she could live without buying any new plastic.

The study authors suggested that more research into the long - term health effects of air pollution — often called smog — is needed.

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

All of the above and more while tackling the effects of climate change, pollution and other environmental factors that can harm and do harm people's health, livelihoods and lives.

But, like all marine animals, the health of dolphins is vulnerable to the effects of pollution, climate change and emerging diseases.

In the same filing, the lobbying group, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, also cast doubt on the negative effects of tailpipe pollution on human health.

We have a moral obligation to leave our children a planet that's not polluted or damaged, and by taking an all - of - the - above approach to develop homegrown energy and steady, responsible steps to cut carbon pollution, we can protect our kids» health and begin to slow the effects of climate change so we leave a cleaner, more stable environment for future generations.

Todd Morgan, lead author of the new study and a research professor in gerontology at USC explained his findings thusly, the Times reports: «Our data would suggest that freeway pollution could have a profound effect on the development of neurons and brain health in children and young kids, especially those who attend schools built alongside freeways.»

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).