Sentences with phrase «poor air quality risk»

As the world's population grows, cities swell and demand for mobility and other energy services surges, the already intolerable costs of poor air quality risk increasing dramatically.

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The findings are especially relevant to families with children living in low - income households; these kids are at greater risk of health problems resulting from poor air quality.

The researchers found that high levels of air pollution, poor quality in the built environment and high levels of sociodemographic risk factors were most strongly associated with increased cancer rates in men and women.

Around 6.5 million deaths globally are attributed each year to poor air quality inside and outside, making it the world's fourth - largest threat to human health, behind high blood pressure, dietary risks and smoking.

The Harvard School of Public Health found that poor indoor air quality increased the risk of sleep disorders, including sleep apnea, which is one of the fastest growing sleep disorders.

The National Association of School Nurses wants to help alert officials and remedy problems associated with poor indoor air quality, noting that it is considered among the top public environmental health risks.

The Government estimates that nitrogen oxide emissions (bought sharply into focus by VW's diesel scandal) and poor air quality in general cost the economy # 2.7 billion in lost productivity each year, calling it «the largest risk to public health in the UK».

There is an increased risk of fire, poor air quality and transmission of infectious disease from sick animals to humans.

Animals that have cardiovascular or respiratory disease are at increased risk during periods of poor air quality and should be watched closely.

Poor air quality increases respiratory ailments like asthma and bronchitis, heightens the risk of life - threatening conditions like cancer, and burdens our health care system with substantial medical costs.

During extreme heat events, nighttime temperatures in the region's big cities are generally several degrees higher28 than surrounding regions, leading to increased heat - related death among those less able to recover from the heat of the day.36 Since the hottest days in the Northeast are often associated with high concentrations of ground - level ozone and other pollutants, 37 the combination of heat stress and poor air quality can pose a major health risk to vulnerable groups: young children, the elderly, and those with pre-existing health conditions including asthma.29 Vulnerability is further increased as key infrastructure, including electricity for potentially life - saving air conditioning, is more likely to fail precisely when it is most needed — when demand exceeds available supply.

2040 is a long way away, but a UK government spokesperson said «poor air quality is the biggest environmental risk to public health in the UK and this government is determined to take strong action in the shortest time possible.»

Low energy buildings behave differently, and the industry's broad failure to get to grips with building physics means that some considerable risks — overheating, poor indoor air quality and both surface and interstitial condensation, never mind failure to deliver anticipated energy savings — won't be discovered until tens of thousands of buildings have been built, and the damage is done.