Tag: Environment

Increasing green space associated with higher scores for overall cognition and psychomotor speed/attention, but not learning/working memory

Findings independent of socioeconomic status

PM₂.₅ level increases with smoking in the home, decays gradually after smoking stops, and remains elevated indoors 12 hours later

Asbestos is banned in more than 50 countries and its use in the United States has been declining for years

Several other states are moving to adopt the California standards

Starting in 2027, new proposed standards would reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides from heavy-duty gasoline and diesel engines

Report urges governments to become more proactive about fire hazards

Frequency of high 2,4-D levels in urine has increased, with elevated odds for children, women of childbearing age

Switching to dry powder inhaler more than halves carbon footprint of asthma treatment without asthma worsening

Exposure to air pollution greater for certain racial/ethnic groups, low-income groups