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Air Pollution Can Damage Even Healthy Lungs
The more exposure people have to air pollution, especially ozone, the more lung damage they develop over time, a U.S. study suggests. Reuters Health Information
1 day ago - Medscape
'Punch in the Gut' as Scientists Find Micro Plastic in Arctic Ice
Tiny pieces of plastic have been found in ice cores drilled in the Arctic by a U.S.-led team of scientists, underscoring the threat the growing form of pollution poses to...
1 day ago - Medscape
Link Between Air Pollutants and Emphysema Progression Discovered
Exposure to ambient air pollutants, especially ozone, was associated with increasing emphysema progression based on up to five repeated CT scans over 10 years.
2 days ago - Medindia Health
Global air pollution linked to increased emphysema cases
A new study funded by the NIH says that increasing rates of the chronic lung condition called emphysema are linked to breathing polluted air over a long period. The progression...
3 days ago - News Medical - 2 articles
Air Pollution Exposure can Accelerate Lung Disease as Much as a Pack a Day of Cigarettes
Long-term exposure to common air pollutants is linked to significant progression of lung disease like emphysema, finds a new study.
3 days ago - Medindia Health - 2 articles
Air pollution can accelerate lung disease as much as a pack a day of cigarettes
Air pollution - especially ozone air pollution which is increasing with climate change - accelerates the progression of emphysema of the lung, according to a new study.
3 days ago - ScienceDaily
Non-smokers can get emphysema from air pollution
Long-term exposure to air pollution was linked to increases in emphysema between 2000 and 2018, according to a new study.
3 days ago - ScienceDaily - 3 articles
Long-term exposure to air pollution accelerates development of emphysema
A new multicenter study at Columbia University links long-term exposure to air pollution, especially ozone, to development of emphysema, a chronic lung disease.
3 days ago - News Medical - 3 articles
Air pollution may accelerate emphysema progression
Long-term exposure to common air pollutants is associated with significant progression of emphysema, according to an 18-year study published in JAMA. “We were surprised to see...
4 days ago - Healio - 3 articles
How to Reduce Exposure to Air Pollution
While most of us do not have the power to make the air cleaner, there are some ways to protect yourself.
4 days ago - NY Times
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