Environmental/Occupational News

People residing in the East Coast are currently experiencing poor air quality due to smoke and haze from hundreds of wildfires in Canada.

WASHINGTON — In elementary school children with asthma, greater relative humidity in classrooms heightened the risk for upper respiratory infections, according to research presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

WASHINGTON — Exposure to air pollutants at high levels contributed to interstitial lung disease incidence, acute exacerbations and death, according to an abstract presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.

The American Thoracic Society International Conference will be held May 19 to 24 in Washington, D.C., with a broad focus on advocacy and global health in many different forms.

As measures of adolescent lung function increased, so did the likelihood for occupational exposure as an adult, according to results published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society.

With many U.S. citizens still at risk for air pollution exposure, the American Lung Association is urging the Biden administration to speed up execution of their clean air plans, according to an association press release.

Maternal and newborn exposures to long-term hot and cold temperatures are linked to worse lung capacity in babies, specifically in girls, according to study results published in JAMA Network Open.

Heightened odds for a tuberculosis diagnosis were related to exposure to ambient air pollution that contained wildfire smoke, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Air pollution may be a risk factor for dementia, according to the findings of a meta-analysis published in BMJ.

Preterm and full-term infants faced similar elevated risks for ED visits in their first year when they were exposed to higher levels of fine particulate matter 2.5 m or less in diameter, according to results published in JAMA Network Open.