Nearly everyone in the world breathes bad air. This is what you can do to lower your risk
Most of the world's population is exposed to polluted air and or those living in cities with chronically bad air, the smog ...
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Air Pollution Can Make It Harder to Concentrate and Regulate Emotions
Short-term exposure to air pollution can impair cognitive functions like attention and emotion recognition. These issues ...
Lifting the fog on air pollution-weather interactions
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are improving weather forecasting models so that they better represent air ...
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Air pollution exposure elevates risk for blood clot hospitalization
Long-term exposure to certain air pollutants significantly increased risk for venous thromboembolism, according to results of ...
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Exposure to air pollution associated with more hospital admissions for lower respiratory infections
Long-term exposure to PM2.5, PM10, NO2 and ozone (O3) air pollution is associated with more hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in adults.
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Air pollution clouds the mind and makes everyday tasks challenging
People’s ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the ...
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Risks from ash and air pollution remain for people returning after wildfires. Here’s how to stay safe
Wildfires contribute to harmful fine particle pollution, which is at levels bad for human health in the area even before the wildfires. The American Lung Association’s State of the Air report ...
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Air pollution’s deadly toll in Massachusetts
Boston College’s Global Observatory on Planetary Health is first to reveal town-by-town pollution levels and health impacts, including 2,780 deaths in 2019 Air pollution remains a silent killer in ...