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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