Environmental/Occupational News

Having been exposed to benzene during work heightened the odds for lung cancer development, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Prenatal exposure to ambient air pollution was associated with increased risk for children developing cerebral palsy, according to cohort study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Individuals exposed to nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter less than 10 µm as a child faced elevated odds for bronchitic symptoms as an adult, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Exposure to pollution from passing coal trains led to an increase in the estimated number of deaths, hospitalizations and asthma cases in a San Francisco Bay Area region, according to results published in Environmental Research.

Under a recently finalized rule, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration set a 50 g/m3 full-shift exposure limit on respirable crystalline silica for miners, according to a press release.

Following military deployment, veterans who served in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan had poorer lung function if they experienced more intense inhalation exposures, according to results published in Respiratory Medicine.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized standards lowering mercury and toxic metal emissions, as well as carbon pollution from power plants, according to a press release from the agency.

Climate change has resulted in higher pollution levels, more wildfires and warmer temperatures, all of which come together and increase the risk for asthma, according to a paper published in Frontiers in Science.

The Mine Safety and Health Administration within the U.S. Department of Labor has finalized stricter limits on silica dust exposure for miners, according to a press release from the department.

Implementing the recent stronger standard for fine particulate pollution revealed that 131 million Americans breathe unhealthy, polluted air where they live, according to a press release from the American Lung Association.