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Exposure to air pollution may be linked to depression in later life

Harvard University researchers find being exposed to fine particulate matter and ozone, over the long-term, may carry mental health risk

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Polluted city air can harm teenagers hearts

Scientists led by Kings College London analysed pollution levels around the homes of more than 3,200 children aged 11 to 13, then took pressure readings of the same children three years later.

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Fine Particles in Air Could Lead to Higher Blood Pressure

Long-term exposure to PM2.5 is related to increased blood pressure, with stronger connections reported in girls, according to a study of teenagers in London between the ages of 11 and 16.

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Air pollution particles linked to higher blood pressure in London teenagers

Air pollution particles linked to higher blood pressure in London teenagers
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Lower exposure to PM2 5 can decrease behavioural problems in adolescents

King’s College London Furthermore, racism strengthened the effect of PM 2.5 on conduct problems as they aged. At higher concentrations of PM 2.5, this effect differed by ethnicity, with White British and Black Caribbean adolescents experiencing an increase in conduct problems with age. The study published recently in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, by authors from King’s, Imperial College London, University College London, and Leeds Beckett university, explored for the first time in the UK the potential effect of exposure to PM 2.5 and NO 2 air pollution on the change in conduct problem symptoms for adolescents from different ethnicities. A total of 4,775 participants from 2002-2003 (aged 11-13 years) to 2005-2006 (aged 14-16 years) were followed. Researchers had access to information about long-term exposure to air-pollution measured at their residential address. Adolescents completed questionnaires about conduct problem symptoms, experiences of racism, so

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