Tougher air pollution control strategies in California may have resulted in better lung health in children, a new study suggests.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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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Tuesday, March 17, 2015
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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Saturday, March 14, 2015
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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Sunday, March 8, 2015
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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