Even at ‘safe’ levels, air pollution may boost health risk
Take care when air quality gets dodgy, particularly on hot summer days.
Take care when air quality gets dodgy, particularly on hot summer days.
Health risks of air pollution include cardiovascular and respiratory disease, cancer, impaired cognition and osteoporosis.
Years-long look at military veterans finds link between air pollution and kidney damage, with tens of thousands of new cases every year.
Older people in cities with lots of wood-burning devices might run heart attack risk.
Traffic pollution is also a big contributor.
Research proves that it's five times more dangerous for your heart than same-sized particles from other sources.
Some cities showed improvements in air quality, while others had their worst record ever.