by airlief | Aug 7, 2019 | Air Pollution, Health, Updates
The associations between PM2.5 constituents and hospitalization for ischemic stroke (the predominant subtype of stroke). This is the main objective of the research conducted in 2019 by the School of Public Health in Shanghai and the Shanghai Environmental Monitoring...
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by airlief | Apr 26, 2018 | Air Pollution, Children Asthma, Health, Smoke
1. Don’t smoke while pregnant and don’t smoke in public! If you’re a pregnant mother, protect your unborn child by not smoking. And that includes passive smoking. When a pregnant woman breathes in smoke, it can cause inflammation that disrupts blood...
by airlief | Apr 23, 2018 | Air Pollution, Health
A British friend, married to a Chinese wife and with a young child, went off to Beijing, where he had found a job as an English teacher so that his wife could spend some time with her mother. He was in good spirits when he left London. Yet, within a few weeks, he was...
by airlief | Apr 10, 2018 | Air Pollution, Allergy, Asthma, Children Asthma, Health
Asthma, although technically a reversible condition, is no trivial illness but one that demands constant vigilance. Imagine the panic if you’re a sufferer. Your chest tightens, you struggle to catch your breath and you can’t sleep. If you live in a city where air...
by airlief | Apr 4, 2018 | Air Pollution, Allergy, Asthma, Health
For many people spring is a joyous season, a period of renewal and fresh optimism about the future. But for sufferers of pollen allergy – technically known as allergic rhinitis but more commonly known as hay fever – the warmer weather is no cause for celebration....
by airlief | Apr 2, 2018 | Air Pollution, Smoke
Every year 7 million people worldwide fall ill and die as a consequence of air pollution. Yet it’s only recently that governments have started addressing the cause of air pollution by, for example, regulating emissions. Similarly, it seems that the public is only just...
