The Cost of Air Pollution, a joint report by the World Bank and the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), also highlights the economic toll, showing that premature deaths linked to air pollution cost the global economy hundreds of billions of dollars in lost labour income.
We continue to source relevant articles published worldwide, which are organized by where you live, for your convenience.
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Air Pollution – 7 shocking facts
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PM2.5 linked to Cystic Fibrosis
Conclusions: These results suggest that increased PM2.5 exposure
is associated with earlier Pseudomonas acquisition in young children
with CF (Cystic Fibrosis) and may play an important, previously unrecognized, role in
the etiology of initial Pseudomonas infectionRead more
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The Polluted Brain
Some of the health risks of inhaling fine and ultrafine particles are well-established, such as asthma, lung cancer, and, most recently, heart disease. But a growing body of evidence suggests that exposure can also harm the brain, accelerating cognitive aging, and may even increase risk of Alzheimer
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Air pollution as great a risk as hypertension, obesity, diabetes for CVD
Ingestion of fine particulate matter in polluted air raises the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality just as much as, if not more than, common risk factors such as hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia and obesity, according to a large-scale study of 136,094 Seoul, South Korea, ...
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Four charts that show how climate change is hurting India’s health
The Lancet Countdown: Tracking Progress on Health and Climate Change report highlights the various ways in which climate change is hurting the health of people across the world. The report details three kinds of climate change impacts on human health.
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Dramatic Rise in Lung Cancer Among Non-Smokers, Say Doctors
NEW DELHI: Leading pulmonologists in Delhi are saying that reports of lung cancer in non-smokers has quadrupled in the last 15 years. Five top doctors came together with the #MyRightToBreathe campaign to warn of the severe repercussions of living with air pollution.
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Air pollution causes even more than 500 000 deaths a year in Europe
The most toxic pollutants are fine particulate matter (PM2.5: diameter less than 2.5 microns) that make most casualties: 428 000 in Europe, of which 399 000 are in European Union (EU). Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) and ozone (O3) are responsible respectively for 78 000 deaths (including 75 000 in EU)
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Everyone living in London is exposed to ‘toxic’ air particles, say authorities
Mayor Sadiq Khan describes research as damning indictment of the toxic air Londoners are forced to breathe
7.9 million Londoners are in areas where WHO guidelines are exceeded by 50 percent or more.Read more
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Even when sitting in storage, coal threatens human health
For this study, we linked monthly data on the amount of coal stored on-site at each of 236 coal-fired power plants across the United States to measurements from nearby air quality monitors. These devices measure fine particulate pollution – termed PM2.5 because the particles are less than....
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Why Heat Recovery Ventilators are Bad for your Health
A breatheCLEAN perspective. So, you bought a new home with a building code mandated HRV system ( Heat Recovery Ventilators ) because your new home is so well built for energy efficiency that it needs forced ventilation to keep air fresh inside. Makes sense I suppose, or does it?
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