Environmental Diseases Stories
- If we want to live longer, we cannot afford to breathe in air contaminated with particulate matter.
- While air pollution has been decreasing in the U.S. since the 1970s, a new report finds that some cities still struggle with dangerously high levels of ozone and particle pollution.
- During the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese government took measures to clean up air pollution, and the effects are now showing in babies born that year.
- Long-term exposure to air pollution appears to damage brain structures and impair mental function in older people without dementia or stroke.
- Since toxic mold can trigger psychosis, Clarkson University ghostbusters believe the reason a pesky poltergeist will not leave you and your house alone is poor air quality.
- Children exposed to a common air pollutant while in the womb and after birth are at a higher risk of impaired brain function, according to a new study.
- Reduced air pollution in Los Angeles has led to healthier and stronger lungs for its children.
- Although drivers spend only about two percent of their time stopped at intersections, this is where around a quarter of their exposure to air pollutants occurs.
- Data from new satellite detection instrument shows German cities emit several times less light per capita than American cities of a similar size.
- A good chunk of beaches in the U.S. have failed to meet water safety standards and are contaminated with sewage and urban pollution.
- More than 300 children in rural China have fallen ill with lead poisoning. Only following outrageous comments from a local official was the nearby chemical plant closed.
- Researchers find that, on average, people of color are exposed to 38 percent higher levels of nitrogen dioxide outdoor air pollution when compared to white people.