The research is clear, the health effects of air pollution are devastating. Prolonged exposure to air pollution can cause permanent health effects. These include loss of lung capacity, development of cardiovascular diseases, and a shortened lifespan. Even in the short term, healthy individuals can experience health effects caused by air pollution.
Read more about the latest regarding the health effects of air pollution on human health, as well as how to protect your health from air pollution.
Whether indoor air is safer than outdoor air is an important question for the millions of people living in heavily polluted cities like Delhi or Bangalore. Yet I’ve heard a lot of disagreement about this question. Is indoor air really safer than outdoor air? Is it true for all areas …
A new analysis of air quality from 15 of China’s largest cities shows that PM2.5 fell in all cities—except one. From Shenzhen to Xi’an, air pollution was down in 2018. Yet Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, actually saw pollution rise 7%. With this increase, Zhengzhou now averages over …
Analyzing new air quality data, Smart Air found that Beijing’s PM2.5 dropped 14% in 2018 compared to the year before. Despite the improvement, Beijing still averages nearly five times the World Health Organization’s annual limit. Improvement Came Mostly from Winter Enforcement By breaking down the data month by month, analysis …
New data analysis from Smart Air shows that air quality improved in 14 out China’s 15 largest cities. This data suggests China’s “war on air pollution” seems to be working. This analysis uses over 21,000 daily average PM2.5 data points from official sensors around the country. Beijing Famous …
I started thinking about finding the best air purifier for my home because I was living in Beijing when the “airpocalypse” struck. I had a cough I couldn’t shake for weeks, so I started doing research into air purifiers. Unlike another answer here, I wasn’t concerned about allergens …
I’m in Beijing right now, and I’m going to exercise today. So what can I do when the world outside my window looks like this? Would exercise in this air pollution do more harm than good? Is it better to not exercise at all? 1. The point where exercise becomes …
Comparing air pollution to smoking is a dangerous question. Honest observers (like Richard Saint Cyr MD and Richard Muller) have come up with wildly different answers, from 1/6th of a cigarette a day, to four a day, to claims of 21 cigarettes a day. Here’s why they’re all right. Two Fundamentally Different Ways of Asking the Question One …
So you’ve found yourself a city with bad air pollution – perhaps you’re in Beijing, Bangalore or Bangkok? Or try Delhi, Ulaanbaatar or Shanghai? You’ve heard of air pollution, but what is it, how does it affect our health and what guide should you follow to keep air pollution from …
When we think about harms of air pollution, we often think about the health impacts on infants and the elderly. But does air pollution affect the health of young, healthy people? And if so, can air purifiers help reduce the health impacts of air pollution? Do purifiers have real health …
Although many natural remedies are based more on intuition than science, a surprisingly rigorous set of studies from different research labs is finding that eating broccoli helps our bodies fight the effects of air pollution. Scientists have isolated the compound thought to help the body remove pollutants like benzene and …
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