The Health Effects of Air Pollutants (59 slide pdf, 6th Annual Workshop on Air Pollution and Health, Jun. 15, 2009)
Also discussed here:
(2 min YouTube video)
Key Quotes:
“A recent Canadian Medical Association estimate for BC residents projected 306 premature deaths (of which 85% relate to long-term exposure), and 1158 hospital admissions for 2008 through exposure to air pollution”
“Long-term particulate exposure is associated with:
- More frequent preterm births and low birth weight babies
- Middle ear disease in children
- Accelerated heart and lung disease”
“Short-term exposure results in:
- Increased rates of myocardial infarction for those with risk factors for heart disease
- Heart rate disturbances
- Episodes of acute asthma and bronchitis
- Reduced lung function”
Related articles
- Long Time Exposure to Traffic Pollution and COPD (pollutionfree.wordpress.com)
- Air pollution exposure increases risk of severe COPD (sciencedaily.com)
- Air Pollution Ups Risk of Chronic Lung Disease (nlm.nih.gov)
- Air pollution exceeds safety limits in big Asian cities: report (reuters.com)
- Impact of Air Pollution on Mortality in Canadian Cities (pollutionfree.wordpress.com)
- Air pollution ‘costs us 6 months of our lives’ (news.bioscholar.com)
- 7 interesting findings of recent study on air pollution in US cities (iipalbanjary.net)
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The air quality in my city rates a D+ on http://www.homefacts.com/airquality.html. I don’t even want to go outside!
Thanks for posting the results, you can get lung cancer from pollution, mainly from radon gas in your home, so even being inside isn’t safe anymore!