Outdoor air pollution (OAP) contributes to poor asthma outcomes and remains a public health concern in Pittsburgh.
This American Lung Assoc. report shows the tremendous public health and climate benefits if the United States accelerates a widespread transition to a zero-emission transportation sector coupled with non-combustion, renewable electricity sources like wind and solar.
A three-year study that found many of the 1,200 elementary school children who live near industrial sources of pollution were exposed to levels of outdoor air pollution above thresholds set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization.
Elderly people living near or downwind of unconventional oil and gas development are at higher risk of early death compared with elderly individuals who don’t live near such operations, according to a large study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
Blacks, Asians, Hispanics, Latinos, and low-income populations—are being exposed to higher levels of dangerous fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5) than other groups.
Children exposed to air pollution, such as wildfire smoke and car exhaust, for as little as one day may be doomed to higher rates of heart disease and other ailments in adulthood.
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