Do Pollution Masks Really Work?

When a billion people in China (and quite a few expats) woke up to the severe air pollution in almost every city in China, it forced a billion people to become experts in a complicated scientific question: Do masks work? Since then, I’ve given talks with hundreds of people all around …

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Air Pollution Doesn’t Kill Like You Think It Does

The latest data on the health toll of air pollution from the World Health Organization finds it doesn’t kill people like you probably think it does.   How does air pollution kill? The World Health Organization tallied up all the deaths all the deaths due to outdoor air pollution based …

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N95 Masks vs. Surgical Masks: Which Is Better For COVID-19?

Scientists have actually randomized people to wear N95 or regular surgical masks, then tracked how many people got infected with viruses similar to COVID-19 such as the flu. This data can tell us whether N95 or surgical masks are more effective at preventing infection of respiratory viruses including COVID-19. The …

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How Air Pollution Increase the Risk of Diabetes?

Diabetes causes roughly 1.5 million deaths worldwide each year, making prevention a major focus of medical research. Most efforts concentrate on familiar risk factors such as diet, physical activity, and genetics. In recent years, however, researchers have begun looking into a less obvious factor: air pollution. Diabetes is a metabolic …

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