pollution 1 4

Tag: "pollution" at medical news

Pigeon Feathers to Judge Pollution Levels

Can the pollution level of a city be judged by pigeon feathers? Yes,...han, the shed feathers of pigeons can indicate the pollution level of the area they inhabit. Research scholar Bhumesh Bhadoriya reached the conclusion after th...

Global Warming Could Increase Exotic Fish Poisoning

...isks are getting worse, because of the damage that pollution and global warming are inflicting on the coral reefs where many fish species feed. Dozens of popular fish types, including grouper and barracuda, live near reefs. They accumulate the toxic chemical in their bodies from eating smaller fish that graz...

New Device Against Harmful Compounds in Air

...hexane - the three major components of organic air pollution that play a role indoor as well as outside. The three pollutants were effectively removed from the air and degraded by the catalyst - significantly better than with a conventional catalyst system. Most modern air-purification systems are not part...

Asia Pacific Region Officials Agree to Curb Aviation Pollution

...sia-Pacific region have now agreed to curb airline pollution through a range of measures such as reducing the n... its price or nutritional value'. Climate change pollution generated by aviation is growing faster than that from any other sector, it is felt. For there is no...

Role of Lifestyle Choices in Heart Risks

...ution, researchers have noted that exposure to air pollution may worsen symptoms of angina (chest pain) or even...sel exhaust to determine the direct effects of air pollution on myocardial ischemia in patients with stable coronary heart disease. "While substantial evidence...

Methylmercury in Marine Fish Pose Health Risks to Pregnant Women and Elderly Men

...e, the socioeconomic and health effects of mercury pollution on human populations, and its effects on the world...lanet. The actual socioeconomic costs of mercury pollution are probably much greater than estimated because existing economic analyses don't consider mercury's...

Researchers Urge Regulators to Rethink Strategies for Soot Emission

...h how the chemical process leads to a spreading of pollution over a larger geographic region. "We’re seeing that urban pollution doesn’t stay contained in the cities, but impacts rural and other downwind areas, creating even more...

Cells in the Lung Clear the Air to Prevent Lung Damage

Air pollution and tobacco smoke contain oxidants that when inhaled can cause damage to the lungs and contribute to diseases such as asthma// and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In a study, researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston,...

Diesel Exposure Model Reduces Allergy Risk Assessment Errors

...ict a child’s risk for wheezing. Many prior air pollution studies rely heavily on what are known as proximity (distance) exposure models, which assume all subjects in a given distance from an exposure source—for example, a major interstate highway—are equally exposed. Pat Ryan, lead author of the UC stud...

Allergies Not Just for Children Anymore

...t six months of life), living in areas of high air pollution (especially ozone and diesel exhaust as seen in ur...nd not smoking as the child ages), controlling air pollution exposure, limiting table food exposure in early infancy (4-6 months of age) and careful use of antib...

Stem Cell Transplants Explored as a Possible Treatment for Hearing Loss

...the solution. As the population has aged and noise pollution has grown more severe, health experts now estimate that one in three adults over the age of 65 has developed a handicapping hearing loss. Coming up with the answers is a slow process, Heller said. 'This research takes time and money, but we remain ...

Smog in Warm Weather may Contribute to Stroke Risks in Elderly: Study

...rst to evaluate the contribution of fine particle pollution to stroke risks in the elderly.// Fine particle pollution is made up of tiny particles of dust and soot, less than 2.5 microns, about 1/30th the width of a hu...

UC Davis Creates New Nanoparticles

...exposure to those manufacturing the particles, air pollution and the injection of the particles into the body poses concerns about the research's safety, according to Kennedy. Regardless, he noted that these risks are secondary to the potential gains of nanoparticle technology. "As long as we are aware of th...

Air Pollution May Cause Heart Disease

People exposed to fine-particulate air pollution caused primarily by vehicle exhausts, coal-fired p...of Washington and other researchers found that air pollution is a much bigger factor in deaths from heart ailments or strokes than has previously been recognised...

Stakes Higher for Elderly Women Exposed to Air Pollution

..., not just death and also the first to look at air pollution levels within cities. Says Kristin Miller, from ... Fine particulate matter that contributes to air pollution can be described as that derived from combustion of fossil fuels, vegetative burning, power plants, ...

Children Living Near Roads are Prone to Lung Damages

... damage to their lungs from exhaust fumes. Traffic pollution prevents the lungs from developing properly, makin...outhern California, is the latest to show that air pollution increases the risk of respiratory disease. In this study, the scientists measured the lung function ...

Study Finds Link Between Smoking and Increased Risk of Tuberculosis

...on between smoking, passive smoking and indoor air pollution and TB. They found consistent evidence that smokin...on between smoking, passive smoking and indoor air pollution and TB infection, disease and mortality. All the studies involved people with TB or at risk from TB....

3,600 Dead in Iran Due to Air Pollution, in One Month

Tehran - Air pollution has allegedly been the cause of 3,600 deaths in a ...cials to label it as a 'collective suicide.' Air pollution is serious in Tehran, due to the availability of inexpensive fuel that has led to widespread and ind...

Research on to Find Link Between Airborne Pollutants and Respiratory Illness

... an internationally respected expert// on airborne pollution who serves on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Science advisory board. He is also one of scores of health officials and scientists monitoring concentrations of airborne particles to find the casual link between pollutants and respiratory i...

Inhaled Particles Increases the Risk of Lung Cancer

...pment of lung cancer. Another study looks at air pollution as a contributor to death from asthma. The special issue also includes a commentary by Dr. McCunney on recent studies suggesting that computed tomography scans might be an effective way to screen for early-stage lung cancers in workers with certain o...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9