Deadly Air Pollution
According to the March 2006 edition of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, researchers have concluded that reductions in fine particulate air pollution mean a mortality rate reduction, specifically for deaths due to cardiovascular and respiratory disease.
The Reuters Health report of these findings explains that a direct link between death rates and small airborne particles had previously been noted in numerous epidemiologic studies, but prior to this, it was unclear if a decrease in particle exposure would show a survival benefit across a population.
The research team analyzed data during a period when air pollution was declining in many of the cities studied. The urban areas included in the study were Watertown, Massachusetts; Kingston and Harriman, Tennessee; St. Louis, Missouri; Steubenville, Ohio; Portage, Wyocena, and Pardeeville, Wisconsin; and Topeka, Kansas.
If I lived in one of these cities, I’d be glad rates seem to be decreasing, but especially concerned that it’s polluted enough to study! I am very happy to have an air purification unit in my home as part of my natural health and wellness regimen… one that deals with fine air particulates, without the filters.
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