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Air pollution raises risk of death 'for decades after exposure'
2016-02-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Air pollution raises the risk of death for many decades after exposure, according to the longest-running study to date. The analysis of 368,000 British people over 38 years also showed that those living in the most polluted places have a 14% higher risk of dying than those in the least polluted areas. Those exposed to particulate air pollution were more likely to die from respiratory problems, like pneumonia, emphysema and bronchitis, and also from cardiovascular problems, like heart attacks....
Exposure to air pollution 30 years ago associated with increased risk of death
2016-02-09 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Exposure to air pollution more than 30 years ago may still affect an individual's mortality risk today, according to new research. The new report comes from one of the world's longest running air pollution studies, which included 368,000 people in England and Wales followed over a 38 year period. The team, from the MRC-PHE Centre for Environment and Health, estimated air pollution levels in the areas where the individuals lived in 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001, using measurements from Britain's extensive...
Exposure To High Levels Of Small Particle Air Pollution Associated With Higher Risk Of Preterm Birth
2016-02-01 01:25:50| pollutiononline Home Page
Exposure to high levels of small particle air pollution is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth – before 37 weeks of pregnancy, according to a new study published online in the journal Environmental Health
Air pollution plays bigger role in global rainfall changes
2016-01-29 09:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: Ozone is a naturally-forming gas in our atmosphere, but human activity has caused ozone to increase in the lower atmosphere (a component of air pollution, from causes such as vehicle exhausts and other industrial and agricultural activities) and decrease in the stratosphere (ozone depletion - due to historic emissions of CFC gases used in refrigeration and air conditioning). It has long been understood that these ozone changes, as well as affecting human health, also contribute to climate change....
Air pollution: a dark cloud of filth poisons the worlds cities
2016-01-16 23:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: During these cold winter days, Anumita Choudhury dare not leave her small second-floor apartment in Delhis northern suburbs. Elderly now, she has developed asthma. The last time she ventured into the streets of the worlds second most populous city she began gasping for breath and had to be helped home by her neighbours. The story is the same in many of the worlds great cities. From Kabul in Afghanistan to Hong Kong and Shijiazhuang in China, and from Lima to So Paulo in Latin America, people...
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