Environmental Exposure
Q&A: Understanding impact of tiny plastics in pregnancy on fetal immune system
The risk for allergies in children has been found to be impacted by different factors during pregnancy, including omega-3 supplementation and acid suppressant medication use.
Global lung cancer mortality related to tobacco drops, particulate matter rises in 2019
From 1990 to 2019, global lung cancer mortality rates related to tobacco have gone down, whereas rates related to ambient particulate matter have gone up, according to results published in eClinicalMedicine.
Mortality risks rise with long-term, low exposure to nonoccupational ambient benzene
In a nonoccupational setting, low ambient benzene exposure over a year was linked to a heightened mortality risk, according to results published in American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.
Particulate matter, ozone, allergens ‘worsening with climate change’
BOSTON — Amidst climate change, it is important that pulmonologists/critical care experts consider the impact worsening particulate matter, ozone and allergens have on their patients, according to a presentation at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
Brief educational presentation on air pollution improves resident physician knowledge
BOSTON — Resident physicians had a better understanding of how air pollution impacts patients and how to prevent exposure after attending a 15-minute educational presentation, according to data presented at the CHEST Annual Meeting.
Early childhood exposure to more green spaces linked to improved lung function
Among school-age children, residence near more green spaces in early childhood positively impacted lung function, according to results published in Environment International.
Genetics, long-term air pollutant exposure combine to increase lupus risk
Long-term exposure to air pollutants, including particulate matter, increases the risk for developing systemic lupus erythematosus, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.
Childhood air pollutant exposures raise odds for adult bronchitic symptoms
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.
Coal train pollution linked to more deaths, hospitalizations, asthma
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.
EPA finalizes emission limits for power plants
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.