Tag: diseases due to air pollution

Exposure to air pollutants, also known as fine particulate matter (PM2.5), is associated with a risk of clustering multiple chronic diseases, according to a new study published this week by PLOS Global Public Health. Some previous studies have provided ample evidence on the link between air pollution and individual chronic diseases. Although chronic diseases become clusters due to shared biological or environmental risk factors, there is a limited idea of ​​how air pollution can promote the accumulation of multiple chronic diseases. In the new study, researchers Kai Hu and his colleagues, used data from 19,098 respondents to the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) survey from 2011 to 2015, as well as historical satellite data on PM2.5 exposure over 15 years. P...