Gas Stoves Emit More Nanoparticles Than Car Exhaust
Adults and children could be breathing in 10-100 times more nanocluster aerosol from cooking on a gas stove indoors than they would from car exhaust while standing on a busy street.
Adults and children could be breathing in 10-100 times more nanocluster aerosol from cooking on a gas stove indoors than they would from car exhaust while standing on a busy street.
Living in an area with high levels of particulate air pollution is associated with an increased incidence of breast cancer, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health.
Researchers are studying how aerosol emissions from sargassum seaweed affect air quality by using air-monitoring sensors and analyzing seaweed, sediment, and water samples from a South Florida beach.
Ozone pollution is associated with substantial increases in cardiovascular hospitalizations for heart attack, heart failure and stroke.
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Read MoreA new nationwide study utilized millions of Google Street View images and linked built environment characteristics to racial disparities in adverse health outcomes such as diabetes, asthma, and poor sleep.
Read MoreUsing artificial intelligence, Cornell University engineers have simplified and reinforced models that accurately calculate the fine particulate matter (PM2.5) contained in urban air pollution.
Read MoreHalf a million lives could be saved each year in sub-Saharan Africa by taking action to reduce reliance on traditional wood- and charcoal-burning stoves, a new study shows.
Read MoreExposure to the two pollutants was also tied to molecular changes in the pediatric airways during non-viral asthma attacks.
Read MoreModerate levels of two outdoor air pollutants are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in young people who live in low-income urban areas
Read MoreModerate levels of two outdoor air pollutants, ozone and fine particulate matter, are associated with non-viral asthma attacks in children and adolescents who live in low-income urban areas.
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