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10/01/2018 / By Ralph Flores

Understanding where it comes from: Scientists call attention to the global public health issues caused by air pollution

People all over the world are struggling with the effects of living with air pollution for a long time. Understandably, this is a cause for everyone affected — in 2017, a white paper by the World Health Organization (WHO) on noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributed 12.6 million deaths each year to factors that were found in the environment. Of […]

09/20/2018 / By Jessica Dolores

Young children exposed to indoor air pollution or cigarette smoke found to have increased risk of respiratory sickness

There are two things in the air that people know to be harmful: air pollution and tobacco smoke. While the particular dangers that each bring are well-documented, the same can’t be said on how both affect expectant mothers and their newborn. These risks were the focus of a study made by the University of Cape Town […]

12/13/2017 / By Zoey Sky

Air pollution and asthma: People living in tree-lined neighborhoods have fewer attacks

According to a recent study, people who reside in polluted urban areas are far less likely to be hospitalized due to asthma if there are a lot of trees in their neighborhood. Based on a study by the University of Exeter‘s medical school, the effect of urban greenery on asthma implies that our respiratory health can benefit from […]

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