Exercise can outweigh harmful effects of air pollution

New research from the University of Copenhagen has found that the beneficial effects of exercise are more important for our health than the negative effects of air pollution, in relation to the risk of premature mortality. In other words, benefits of exercise outweigh the harmful effects of air pollution.

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Air pollution linked to increased risk of anxiety, stroke

Air pollution is linked to a higher risk of stroke, particularly in developing countries, finds a study. In a second article, new research also shows that air pollution is associated with anxiety.

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Air Pollution Takes a Double Toll on Babies' Brains

A common pollutant in vehicle exhaust, power plant emissions and secondhand cigarette smoke can shrink white matter in fetal brains and cause further developmental damage during the toddler years, a new study suggests.

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Air Pollutants May Bolster Airborne Allergens

New researcg suggests a pair of air pollutants linked with global warming may bolster the potency of airborne allergens. As higher temperatures become the norm, so might runny noses and itchy eyes.

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Air pollutants could boost potency of common airborne allergens

 A pair of air pollutants linked to climate change could also be a major contributor to the unparalleled rise in the number of people sneezing, sniffling and wheezing during allergy season. The gases, nitrogen dioxide and ground-level ozone, appear to provoke chemical changes in certain airborne allergens that could increase their potency. That, in combination with changes in global climate, could help explain why airborne allergies are becoming more common.

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Pollution levels linked to stroke-related narrowing of arteries

Air pollution has been linked to a dangerous narrowing of neck arteries that occurs prior to strokes, according to researchers at NYU Langone Medical Center.

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Researchers uncover a mechanism linking inhaled diesel pollution and respiratory distress

Estoril, Portugal: Researchers in the UK have, for the first time, shown how exhaust pollution from diesel engines is able to affect nerves within the lung. Air pollution is a significant threat to health, they say, and identifying potential mechanisms linking exposure to diesel exhaust and the exacerbation of respiratory diseases may lead to treatments for those affected.

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Air Pollution May Be Damaging Children’s Brains – Before They Are Even Born

Exposure to air pollutants during pregnancy may contribute to childhood abnormalities in the brain, a new study suggests.

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Cleaner Air Really Does Improve Kids' Lung Health

Tougher air pollution control strategies in California may have resulted in better lung health in children, a new study suggests.

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Air pollution connected with narrowing of the arteries

New evidence suggests chronic exposure to air pollution increases the risk of stroke

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Air pollution linked to slower cognitive development in children

Higher levels of traffic-related air pollution at schools are linked to slower cognitive development in 7- to 10-year-old children in Barcelona

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High pollution cuts most Indian lives short by three years

India's air pollution, ranked among the world's worst, is reducing the life expectancy of over half of the country's population by more than three years, according to a new study.

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Polluted Air Cuts Years Off Lives of Millions in India, Study Finds

More than half of India’s population lives in places with such polluted air that each person loses an average of 3.2 years in life expectancy, according to a recent study by researchers from the University of Chicago, Yale and Harvard.

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Link between air pollution, suicide discovered

Air pollution has been blamed in an eighth of all deaths worldwide in 2012, and it just got deadlier: On the heels of studies that have produced similar findings in Canada, South Korea, and Taiwan, spikes in air pollution are being linked to spikes in suicides, reports LiveScience.

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Stopping at red lights exposes drivers to high levels of air pollution, new study finds

Research published today in the journal Atmospheric Environment has found that drivers are exposed to dangerously high levels of air pollutants when stopped at red lights.

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Middle-aged men at highest risk of suicide after breathing poor air

Study in the American Journal of Epidemiology found increased risk of suicide associated with short-term air pollution exposure

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Decreases in short-term memory, IQ, and altered brain metabolic ratios in urban apolipoprotein ?4 children exposed to air pollution

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Breathing in diesel exhaust leads to changes 'deep under the hood'

Diesel exhaust switches some genes on, while switching others off, by altering the methylation of DNA, scientists say.

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Smoke signals: New evidence links air pollution to congenital defects

Tel Aviv University study examines effect of air pollution on pregnancies

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Heart experts warn of air pollution dangers

Air pollution should be one of the avoidable heart risk factors - just like smoking and excess fat - that doctors warn patients to steer clear of, according to a new statement from 20 heart experts.

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Autism risk linked to particulate air pollution

Children whose mothers were exposed to high levels of fine particulate pollution in late pregnancy have up to twice the risk of developing autism as children of mothers breathing cleaner air, scientists at Harvard School of Public Health reported on Thursday.

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