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People with chronic lung conditions and diseases should take their symptoms seriously when there are air quality alerts like ...
British researchers say data from more than 29 million people across four continents strengthens the evidence of a link ...
Although a warming planet is bad for human health overall, the prognosis for schizophrenia is particularly poor, researchers argue in a commentary.
Exposure to air pollution can shorten people’s lives by 1.8 years - ‘just behind some of the leading causes of death and disease worldwide’, the authors warn ...
A study published in June analysed over 40 years of data to reveal that air pollution caused 135 million premature deaths over the last four decades. Asia had the “highest number of premature ...
TZOA bills itself as the world’s most advanced enviro-tracker. It’s a small electronic sensor that clips onto a backpack or purse and calculates the volume and quality of air particles in the ...
Some previous studies linking short-term air pollution exposure and arrhythmia have reported comparable effect sizes to our study. 21, 24, 47, 48 For example, Halldorsdottir and colleagues 21 ...
Prolonged exposure to pollution contributed to millions of deaths across India over a decade, according to a new study that called for stricter air quality regulations. The study, published in The ...
Air pollution is seasonal, with the October to March North-East monsoon bringing with it pollution from other parts of Asia. In Colombo, 1/5th of all days between November 1 and February 14 were ...