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Air pollution linked to increased mental illness in children
2016-06-13 10:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A major new study has linked air pollution to increased mental illness in children, even at low levels of pollution. The new research found that relatively small increases in air pollution were associated with a significant increase in treated psychiatric problems. It is the first study to establish the link but is consistent with a growing body of evidence that air pollution can affect mental and cognitive health and that children are particularly vulnerable to poor air quality. The research,...
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Air pollution named as leading cause in strokes
2016-06-10 20:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Each year, around 15 million people globally suffer from strokes and it is the fifth leading cause of death in the U.S. Scientists have long known that behavioral factors like diet, smoking, and exercise all contribute to those statistics, but now, a new study published in the journal Lancet Neurology names another leading contributor: air pollution. The study, funded by public health groups in the U.S. and New Zealand, found that environmental and household air pollution was associated with a...
EEA: Air pollution in 10 EU countries still above legal limits; road transport and agriculture
2016-06-10 17:55:57| Green Car Congress
Marathon Petroleum to invest $334.6m to cut air pollution at US refineries
2016-06-10 01:00:00| Hydrocarbons Technology
Marathon Petroleum has signed an agreement with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice to reduce air pollution from the company's petroleum refineries.
Air pollution now major contributor to stroke, global study finds
2016-06-10 00:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Air pollution has become a major contributor to stroke for the first time, with unclean air now blamed for nearly one third of the years of healthy life lost to the condition worldwide. In an unprecedented survey of global risk factors for stroke, air pollution in the form of fine particulate matter ranked seventh in terms of its impact on healthy lifespan, while household air pollution from burning solid fuels ranked eighth. Valery Feigin, director of the National Institute for Stroke and...
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