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Air pollution hotspots are areas where air pollution emissions expose individuals to increased negative health effects. [314] They are particularly common in highly populated, urban areas, where there may be a combination of stationary sources (e.g. industrial facilities) and mobile sources (e.g. cars and trucks) of pollution.
How air pollution affects mental health and cognition; How air pollution threatens brain health (from PNAS) Industrial toxicants and Parkinson's disease; Ozone pollution, oxidative stress, synaptic plasticity, and neurodegeneration; Ozone and Photochemical Oxidants, pollutant formation explained. Graph is outdated (1994), which may or may not ...
Climate change affects human health at all ages, from infancy through adolescence, adulthood and old age. [3] Factors such as age, gender and socioeconomic status influence to what extent these effects become wide-spread risks to human health. [9]: 1867 Some groups are more vulnerable than others to the health effects of climate change. These ...
Air pollution affects approximately 131.2 million people, or 39% of the U.S., as noted in the 2024 American Lung Association's State of the Air report. ... For more Health articles, ...
To evaluate how traffic air pollution affects people, the researchers sent people on two-hour trips along Seattle thoroughfares, including Interstate 5. The vehicle was equipped with a more ...
The risk of air pollution is determined by the pollutant's hazard and the amount of exposure that affects a person. [36] For example, a child who plays outdoor sports will have a higher likelihood of outdoor air pollution exposure than an adult who tends to spend more time indoors, whether at work or elsewhere. [36]
While the effects of air pollution on the respiratory diseases are well understood, air pollution also affects the cardiovascular system at the same level as or higher level than the respiratory system, [34] and the adverse cardiovascular health outcomes in both children and adults are high when exposed to air pollution. Carbon monoxide, oxides ...
Various definitions of pollution exist, which may or may not recognize certain types, such as noise pollution or greenhouse gases.The United States Environmental Protection Administration defines pollution as "Any substances in water, soil, or air that degrade the natural quality of the environment, offend the senses of sight, taste, or smell, or cause a health hazard.