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A recent study has revealed that long term exposure to air pollution could lead to cognitive decline in older adults.
The study, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, accompanies three other pollution-related tests recently conducted around the world that have linked exposure to poll...
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A new study by researchers in France has revealed that being exposed to air pollution for only a short time can increase the risk of cardiovascular events, such as a heart attack.
The Paris Cardiovascular Research Centre compared the risk of suffering a heart attack at various levels of in...
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A new study has revealed that moderate levels of car pollution in the city can increase the risk of a stroke in pensioners by a third.
The study, which has been published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that the chances of women living in Boston, US, with an average age of 71...
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A new study by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has revealed that air pollution cost the Chinese economy $112 billion in 2005, compared with $22 billion in 1975.
The study, by researchers at the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change, takes into account...
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The level of cancerous pollutants in the air over urban centres in Northern Ireland exceeds European targets, according to a report.
The Department of the Environment said the pollutants are fuelled by households in Northern Ireland burning smoky coal.
The report indicates that current l...
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China's capital Beijing has released plans to reduce air pollution levels by 15 per cent by 2015 and 30 per cent by 2020, according to state media.
The plans will look to phase out old cars, relocate factories and plant new forests in an attempt to bring air levels down to a safer level. I...
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