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Take precautions on ozone alert days

Greenability Magazine

Today, Kansas City will experience its first ozone alert day of the season. Here’s what you need to know to protect your health and help reduce pollution. When ozone pollution is high, the air is unhealthy. Ozone pollution can cause wheezing, coughing and difficulty breathing. or after 7 p.m.

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Covid-19 risk greater in urban centres affected by air pollution

Envirotec Magazine

People living in polluted cities are more at risk from Covid-19, according to health experts cited in a 16 March report from the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), an advocacy group. Even the latest diesel engines emit dangerous levels of pollution. and ground-level ozone (O?) This is likely also the case for Covid-19.

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For 2019, the 10 worst cities for air quality are in California and Arizona

AGreenLiving

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recognizes this, which is why for the 2019 American Fitness Index rankings, the ACSM added air quality as an environmental indicator of a city’s health. In fact, two of the most common pollutants are ozone and particles, like soot from wildfires. with the worst air quality.

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For 2019, the 10 worst cities for air quality are in California and Arizona

AGreenLiving

The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) recognizes this, which is why for the 2019 American Fitness Index rankings, the ACSM added air quality as an environmental indicator of a city’s health. In fact, two of the most common pollutants are ozone and particles, like soot from wildfires. with the worst air quality.

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The arc of the moral universe is bending toward environmental justice

GreenBiz

The facts have emerged through decades of publications that document the disproportionate risk of Black, Latino, Asian and Native American populations from pollution sources (proximity to manufacturing, storage, processing and waste management facilities, highways, landfills, contaminated water bodies and other dispersed sources).

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‘How did we miss this for so long?’: The link between extreme heat and preterm birth

Grist

Researchers, including Basu, had already documented the impacts of air pollution on adverse pregnancy outcomes. As temperatures rise, so does drought and air pollution, which also increases the risk of preterm birth or low birthweight babies. Higher temperatures will also have knock-on impacts to gestational and fetal health.

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The arc of the moral universe is bending toward environmental justice

AGreenLiving

The facts have emerged through decades of publications that document the disproportionate risk of Black, Latino, Asian and Native American populations from pollution sources (proximity to manufacturing, storage, processing and waste management facilities, highways, landfills, contaminated water bodies and other dispersed sources).