Sentences with phrase «human exposure to air pollution»

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The study, conducted in mice, found that exposure to air pollution during the equivalent of the first or second trimester in humans was linked to more negative birth outcomes than exposure later in pregnancy.

But it's also a moment to remember that millions of children and adults still die needlessly annually from exposure to mosquitoes, fetid water or palls of indoor air pollution from smoldering cooking fires; some governments and companies still trample human rights and pristine ecosystems to extract timber and minerals in remote places, and some among us plot atrocities or torture and subjugate those who are different or, too often, simply female.

More than 20 million people in the Midwest experience air quality that fails to meet national ambient air quality standards.14 Degraded air quality due to human - induced emissions66 and increased pollen season duration67 are projected to be amplified with higher temperatures, 68 and pollution and pollen exposures, in addition to heat waves, can harm human health (Ch.