Particulate Matter

The number of Americans breathing unhealthy, polluted air where they lived between 2021 and 2023 totaled 156 million, which was a 25 million increase from last year’s State of the Air report, according to a press release.

SAN DIEGO — Locations in California with high rates of asthma-related ED visits and high air pollution levels differed based on age, with higher pollution identified in hot spots for pediatric patients, according to a poster presentation.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin has announced plans to initiate 31 actions that may roll back environmental protections to stimulate the economy, but advocacy organizations contend that these plans will impair health and cost lives.

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.

As wildfires continue to spread across the Los Angeles area, residents with asthma and other respiratory diseases face increased risks to their health.

With the known negative impacts of air pollution on health, especially in patients with respiratory diseases/conditions, lacking local air quality and pollution data can be detrimental to an individual’s well-being.

The fire that started at the Marck Industries Recycling Center in Rogers, Arkansas, on Oct. 16 prompted local officials to issue a hazardous smoke warning and advise residents with respiratory problems to shelter indoors.

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.

Veterans using inhaled corticosteroids did not face increased odds for an asthma-related health care event after short-term fine particulate matter rises, according to a research letter.

Air pollution and genetic susceptibility increased the risks for progression from asthma to COPD, according to a study presented at the European Respiratory Society International Congress.