Air Pollution

Data support the concept that a changing climate driven, in part, by human behaviors has had a growing impact on public health, with increasingly extreme weather events disproportionately affecting people at highest risk for CVD.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed a change to the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particulate pollution to improve breathing conditions for communities, according to a press release from the agency.

Moderate levels of ozone and fine particulate matter were associated with nonviral asthma attacks among children and adolescents living in low-income urban areas, according to a study published in The Lancet Planetary Health.

Following the completion of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Trucks Plan, standards to lower smog- and soot-forming emissions from trucks will be applied in model year 2027, according to a press release from the agency.

Exposure to both extreme heat and air pollution were linked to an increased risk for all-cause mortality, according to a study published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

Exposure to household air pollutants, especially solid fuel, appeared linked to lung cancer death among individuals who have never smoked, according to a study published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.

CHICAGO — In the U.S. and U.K., exposure to environmental factors such as lead and ambient particulate matter may correlate to increased CV death, according to a 30-year analysis of mortality data.

In patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease, exposure to small particulate matter was linked to increased mortality, poor lung function and faster disease progression, according to a study in JAMA Internal Medicine.

More must be done to address the serious health consequences from climate change, according to the ACP.

Clinics visits for itch and atopic dermatitis increased among adults aged 65 years and older during the California Camp Fire in 2018 compared with weeks without wildfire, according to a research letter published in JAMA Network Open.