Researchers have shown that acute exposure to air pollution causes a systemic inflammation with an increase in white blood cells in the bloodstream in laboratory animals and in humans.
Ambient sulfur dioxide and nitrogen dioxide may be important risk factors for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) according to a time-series analysis of the twelve largest Canadian cities.
The accumulated evidence indicates that children’s health is adversely affected by air pollution at levels currently experienced in Europe, according to a review by experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO).
A study of over one million deaths in 14 U.S. cities has built the strongest case yet to pinpoint PM10 as the pollutant elevating the risk of premature death, and has demonstrated that the association is not due to failure to consider the effects of other air pollutants.
The World Health Organization (WHO) regional office for Europe sponsored a study of the contribution of selected environmental factors to the burden of disease among children and adolescents in Europe. Scientists used risk factors from published studies to estimate disease attributable to indoor and outdoor air pollution, inadequate water and sanitation, lead exposure, and injuries.
Researchers instilled relatively low masses of ambient PM2.5 particles through a bronchoscope into the lungs of 12 healthy volunteers.
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This study examined the impact of air pollution relative to other causes of death.
Lower levels of PM air pollution have been linked to a decrease in bone marrow stimulation and resultant reduction in inflammatory markers in the bloodstream, in an ingenious study of Japanese explorers on an expedition to Antarctica.
Early exposure to air pollutants — prenatally, and during the infant and toddler years — can affect the lung health of babies, according to a study of pregnant women and their offspring in New York City.
A study in 23 European cities has reported a positive association between short term concentrations of ozone air pollution and daily mortality.
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