New data from a four-year study of 11.5 Medicare participants show that short-term exposure to fine particle air pollution significantly increases the risk for cardiovascular and respiratory disease among people over 65 years of age.
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This study evaluated cardiac arrhythmias in patients with implanted cardioverter defibrillators in association with various measures of community air pollution.
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Young children may be particularly sensitive to ozone because significant lung development continues after birth. This study followed close to 700 infants born in southwestern Virginia during the summer months in 1995 and 1996.
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An analysis of air quality monitoring data found that 78 percent of the U.S. population could be protected if EPA lowers both the daily and annual average air quality standards for fine particles.
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Before reunification of Germany in 1989, outdoor concentrations of total suspended particles were higher in East Germany than in West Germany due to emissions from industrial and domestic sources. Traffic-related air pollution was higher in West Germany than in East Germany.
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A study of California infants who were born full term has shown a small but consistent effect of PM2.5 on birth weight.
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In 1993, the results of the landmark Harvard Six Cities cohort study were published reporting an association between long-term exposures to particulate air pollution and premature deaths. Now, researchers have extended the mortality follow-up in this study by eight additional years, during a period of reduced air pollution concentrations.
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PM10 concentrations below current EPA standards are associated with an increased rate of hospital admissions for congestive heart failure, in a study of seven U.S. cities.
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