Elizabeth Muller, Executive Director of Berkeley Earth, said "It's troubling that
air pollution is killing so many and yet isn't on the radar for major environmental organizations in the US or Europe.
While infants exposed to
air pollution were at greater risk, researchers did not find a link between mothers exposed to
air pollution during pregnancy and allergy risk in their children.
Storey, corresponding author of the paper, said: "More than 3 million deaths worldwide are caused by
air pollution each year.
For the first time, the PHE report estimates the number of deaths that can be attributed to particle
air pollution in all local authorities in the UK.
Tens of thousands of people die prematurely in the UK annually because of dangerous
air pollution, which regularly breaches legal limits.
In particular, the new data reveal a stronger link between both indoor and outdoor
air pollution exposure and cardiovascular diseases, such as strokes and ischaemic heart disease, as well as between
air pollution and cancer.
Li Guixin, a resident of Shijiazhuang, capital of the northern province of Hebei, has now become the first person in China to sue the government for failing to curb
air pollution.
The facility is a 'major' source of
air pollution, however, under the Clean Air Act," Arcaute said.
29), and in India, the
air pollution was shown to reduce rice yields between 6 and 17 percent.
It was surprising in this study to see the impact of exposure to a relatively low PM concentration on plaque development," says Kevin Dreher, a principal investigator studying the cardiovascular effects of
air pollution within the EPA's National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory.
Gaines's tame query about Bowen's
air pollution was striking only because other Cartersville residents almost never express concern about the sulfur dioxide and various toxins emitted by the plant.
The EPA, in another study, found that 6 out of 10 homes and buildings are hazardous to their occupants because or
air pollution.
Her account is a sobering reminder that
air pollution was once the industrialized world's chief environmental problem and that it remains a serious dilemma in the developing world.
One groundbreaking international study was the subject of two important articles: "Hidden Health Benefits of Greenhouse Gas Mitigation" published in Science, volume 293, in August 2001, and "Assessing the Health Benefits of Urban
Air Pollution Reductions Associated with Climate Change Mitigation (2000-2020)" published in Environmental Health Perspectives, volume 109, in June 2001.
Children are more sensitive than adults are to
air pollution; they spend more time outside engaged in vigorous activity, are exposed to
air pollution for a longer duration, have a higher breathing rate relative to body weight, and have smaller airways.