Environmental/Occupational News

WASHINGTON — Among patients with asthma, various nasal key driver genes are linked to ozone and fine particulate matter exposure, according to data presented at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

Transportation pollution puts children’s health at risk on a daily basis, but a switch to zero-emission vehicles and clean power would prevent several poor respiratory outcomes in this population, according to a press release.

Chronic exposure to fine particulate matter increased the risk of hospitalization for several cardiovascular conditions in older adults, according to a study published in BMJ.

Over time, reductions in lung function following exposure to World Trade Center dust heighten the risk for all-cause and cancer-cause mortality, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Elevated exposure to fine particulate matter during pregnancy raised the likelihood for assisted ventilation and systemic antibiotics among term newborns, according to results published in Environmental Health Perspectives.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized a change to the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for fine particulate pollution from 12 µg/m3 to 9 µg/m3, according to a press release from the agency.

Between 2017 and 2023, more than 1,000 cases of progressive massive fibrosis emerged in coal miners, according to a research letter published in JAMA.

Individuals faced a high risk for respiratory mortality 5 to 7 days after being exposed to ultrafine particle pollution, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Among adolescents, increases in average rain or snowfall over a week resulted in heightened fractional exhaled nitric oxide, signaling airway inflammation, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

Between 1990 and 2019, global age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of mesothelioma went down, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.