Reduced Air Pollution Linked to Rise in Legionnaires’ Disease Cases
Declining atmospheric sulfur dioxide levels might be related to the global rise in Legionnaires’ disease—a severe form of pneumonia.
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Traffic Pollution Ups Pregnancy Complications
Exposure to traffic-related air pollution during pregnancy is associated with serious neonatal complications, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers find.
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Model Reveals How Microplastics Collect in Upper Airways
Researchers have developed a computational fluid dynamics model to analyze microplastic transport and deposition in the upper airway.
Ozone Tied to Increased Cardiovascular Hospitalizations
Ozone pollution is associated with substantial increases in cardiovascular hospitalizations for heart attack, heart failure and stroke.
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Ozone Pollution Tied to Increased Hospitalizations for Cardiovascular Disease
Exceeding World Health Organization ozone pollution limits is associated with substantial increases in hospitalizations for cardiovascular disease, including heart attack, heart failure and stroke.
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Reduced Pollution Leads to Improved Lung Function in Children
As air pollution in Stockholm has decreased, the lung capacity of children and adolescents has improved, according to a new study.
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Chess Performance Affected by Air Pollution
Chess players “perform objectively worse and make more suboptimal moves” when air pollution levels are greater, according to a study from MIT researchers.
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Zero Emission Vehicles Led to Reduced Air Pollution, Fewer Asthma Emergencies
As adoption of zero emissions vehicles (ZEV) increased within a given zip code, local air pollution levels and asthma-related emergency room visits dropped, according to new research from USC’s Keck School of Medicine.
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AI Improves Detail, Estimate of Urban Air Pollution
Using artificial intelligence, researchers simplified and reinforced models that calculate fine particulate matter in urban air pollution.
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Cornell Researchers Use AI to Quantify Air Pollution
Using artificial intelligence, Cornell University engineers have simplified and reinforced models that accurately calculate the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contained in urban air pollution.
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Subway Stations Near River Tunnels Have the Worst Air Quality
The “river-tunnel effect” may help explain the extremely poor air quality in New York City’s underground transit system.
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Ozone and PM 2.5 Linked to Pediatric Asthma Attacks
Exposure to the two pollutants was also tied to molecular changes in the pediatric airways during non-viral asthma attacks.
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American Lung Association Responds to Proposed Updates to Standards
The American Lung Association has issued a statement in response to the EPA’s proposed updates to the NAAQS for Fine Particulate Matter.
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NIH Study Links Specific Outdoor Air Pollutants to Asthma Attacks in Urban Children
Moderate levels of two outdoor air pollutants are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in young people who live in low-income urban areas
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Benefits of Air Purification for COPD Patients
The use of portable home air purifiers can improve some markers of cardiovascular health in people with COPD, according to a six-month study published in AJRCCM.
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