The US Cities Where Air Pollution Makes It ‘Dangerous To Breathe’
A new report out of the American Lung Association (ALA) notes that air pollution in certain U.S. cities is so bad that it’s “too often dangerous to breathe” for civilians. The report states there has been “encouraging progress,” yet there continues to be “evidence of troubling challenges” as well, noting that air pollution affects some […]
Is Air Pollution Harming Children’s Brains?
Air pollution’s latest victim: Children’s cognitive development. Elementary school children who are exposed to chronic air pollution may develop cognitive abilities more slowly than children who breathe cleaner air, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Medicine. Researchers with the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology (CREAL) surveyed over two thousand Barcelona […]
