Tag Archives: particulate matter

A recent asthma study appeared in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health found that with various types of pollution exposure over years, asthma can become more and more uncontrolled.
About 500 asthma suffering adults from five French cities provided researchers with their region specific history of respiratory health. The information was organized around exposure levels from three types of air pollution -- ozone (O3), nitrous oxide (NO2) and particulate matter (PM10).
The study found that asthma suffers, when exposed long-term to higher levels of ozone and particulate matter, are much more likely to experience poorer asthma control. With long-term ozone exposure[...]

Without Air Purifiers our Health is at Risk
Without an air purifier, the tiniest pollution particles can be inhaled, enter our bloodstream and affect our heart health. For years scientists have known that air pollution weakens our cardiovascular and respiratory system. However, the body's mechanics on just how particulates negatively affect our hearts was unclear. In a recent study, scientists found that breathing tiny foreign matter modifies our blood system and places us at a higher risk of heart disease.
Air Pollution-Heart Disease Study
Scientists from the University of Rochester Medical Center investigated the impact of ultrafine airborne particles entering the bodies of[...]

Air Purifiers Reduce the Danger
Researchers find an air pollution link to strokes and other brain related diseases. With our homes 3-10 times higher in airborne pollution levels than outside air, improving air quality with an air purifier is becoming more important.
Tiny minute particles found in the air, when inhaled, can enter the brain and disrupt natural biological function or be a carrier of toxins which can modify the very cells in our head. These are some of the findings of researchers at the Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Campus. They are discovering a growing body of evidence that the air we[...]

Quality of Sleep Worsens With Particulate Matter in the Air
The Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham & Women's Hospital conducted a study investigating a hypothesis regarding a relationship between air pollution and sleeping disorders. In their results researchers demonstrated that an increase in air pollution directly correlated to increased breathing problems when sleeping. It was also noted that increased temperatures in combination with pollution worsened breathing conditions, disrupted sleep and reduced the quality of sleep. Sleeping problems included apnea, hypopnea and sleeplessness, often caused by a reduction in oxygen levels in the blood stream.
A report published in the American[...]

Wood Smoke can be Harmful

The following video is about how wood smoke is harmful to our health. It describes the growing evidence that wood smoke contaminates the air we breathe and how particle matter penetrates our lungs and into our bloodstream. Carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, and Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are found in the air making it hard to breathe. The smoke affects all of us, but is worse for those with lung problems. It cautions us that wood smoke is dangerous to our health.

Wood Smoke Pollution and Your Health