ORLANDO — Children who engage in vigorous physical activity experience healthy lung growth that high ozone levels may impede, ...

People breathing contaminated air over the course of years are at greater risk of developing numerous diseases. This is thought to be due to highly reactive components in particulate matter, which ...

The risk is highest for those with advanced cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome. Accelerated biological aging explained about 9% of this effect, highlighting the need for targeted ...

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People's ability to interpret emotions or focus on performing a task is reduced by short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM) air pollution, potentially making everyday activities, such as the ...

Unlike most other pollutants, particulate matter (PM) cannot be characterized by the space- and time-variations of the mass concentrations of a single compound. Important factors influencing PM ...

The researchers found that for most cardiorespiratory diseases, 3-month exposure to smoke PM2.5 was associated or marginally associated with increased hospitalization risks. “Even brief exposures from ...