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Air pollution hotspots are areas where air pollution emissions expose individuals to increased negative health effects. [265] They are particularly common in highly populated, urban areas, where there may be a combination of stationary sources (e.g. industrial facilities) and mobile sources (e.g. cars and trucks) of pollution.
Both air pollution and heavy metal pollution have been implicated as having negative effects on central nervous system (CNS) functionality. The ability of pollutants to affect the neurophysiology of individuals after the structure of the CNS has become mostly stabilized is an example of negative neuroplasticity .
Air pollution is associated with adverse health effects like respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, cancer, related illnesses, and even death. [35] The risk of air pollution is determined by the pollutant's hazard and the amount of exposure that affects a person. [ 36 ]
While the effects of air pollution on the respiratory diseases are well understood, air pollution also affects the cardiovascular system at the same level as or higher level than the respiratory system, [34] and the adverse cardiovascular health outcomes in both children and adults are high when exposed to air pollution. Carbon monoxide, oxides ...
Those health costs were estimated using statistical methods developed by the Environmental Protection Agency, and account for known epidemiological risks associated with air pollution from power ...
Environmental epidemiology studies often identify associations between pollutants in the air, water, or food and adverse health outcomes; these findings can be inconvenient for polluting industries. Environmental epidemiologists are confronted with significant ethical challenges because of the involvement of powerful stakeholders who may try to ...
Wildfire smoke has exacerbated already poor air quality in Latino neighborhoods, where elevated pollution levels contribute to disproportionately high asthma-related emergency room visits. An ...
The Quantification of the Effects of Air Pollution on Health in the United Kingdom (1998) Guidance on the Effects on Health of Indoor Air Pollutants (2001) Cardiovascular Disease and Air Pollution (2006) Review of the UK Air Quality Index (2011) Quantification of Mortality and Hospital Admissions associated with Ground-level Ozone (2015) Long ...