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Air pollution with particulate matter smaller than 1 micrometer has fallen by an average of 5% annually in rural Saxony.

The report, published annually by the American Lung Association, links worsening levels of pollution to climate change ... They help keep kids out of the hospital, keep our air cleaner,” said Pruitt. ...

A link is identified between perinatal exposure to fine particulate air pollution and nighttime light, and the risk of ...

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The Washington Post: Early-Life Ozone Pollution Linked To Higher Asthma Risk In Young Kids Ozone exposure early in life raises the risk a child will develop asthma and wheezing by age 4, a recent ...

Among the children studied, 12.3 percent had asthma at the time of their 4- to 6-year checkup and 15.8 percent had wheezing.

air pollution caused 4.7m early deaths worldwide in 2021—about the same as dementia, road-traffic accidents, malaria and suicides combined. The most dangerous particles are those smaller than 2. ...