Covid-19: air pollution would facilitate the spread of the virus
A recent Italian study highlights a correlation between a high level of fine particles and an increase in cases of ...
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Air pollution responsible for a global loss of 3 years of life expectancy
Each year, 8.8 million deaths, including 67,000 in France, are due to air pollution. For the others, it is their ...
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Unlit cigarette butts emit chemicals
An American researcher found that cigarette butts still emitted toxic substances up to 7 days after being put out. This ...
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Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis: living near major highways increases the risk
According to a new study, living less than 50 meters from a main road or less than 150 meters from ...
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Air pollution: increased risk of heart attack
Air pollution could potentially trigger non-fatal heart attacks. Air pollution is extremely harmful to health, as everyone knows. According to ...
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Air pollution also weakens bones
Air pollution would also affect bone health according to a large study conducted on 3,700 volunteers. We know that air ...
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Cost of air pollution: it’s the children who toast
Illnesses linked to air pollution by fossil fuels would amount to hundreds of millions of dollars, and would mainly handicap ...
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Air pollution: we also breathe pesticides
Between 40 and 90 pesticides are present in the air we breathe, worries Atmo France, the federation of approved air ...
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Why the increase in life expectancy is slowing in France
Smoking, alcohol, junk food and air pollution are all levers we could use to stop the slowdown in the progression ...
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How air pollution is causing you to lose your hair
According to a new study, air pollution leads to the reduction of a key protein for hair growth, leading to ...
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Cardiovascular diseases: in the city, the “explosive cocktail” of air pollution and noise
The congress of the European Society of Cardiology to be held in Paris from August 31 to September 4 aims ...
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Pollution: public transport strike leads to peaks in emergency room attendance
According to an INSEE study, public transport strikes in large cities lead to an increase in air pollution and, by ...
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Health concerns around the Lacq industrial basin
Inhabitants, health professionals and local associations evoke an excess of pathologies around the industrial site of Lacq in the Pyrénées ...
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Air pollution is responsible for 8.8 million deaths a year worldwide
A new European study has just reassessed the increase in the number of deaths linked to air pollution. In 2015, ...
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How cooking and cleaning pollute the air in our interiors
Cleaning or cooking generates chemical particles that are harmful to air quality. We explain to you. Using a toaster or ...
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Pregnancy: pollution peaks are as dangerous as smoking
Peaks in air pollution would increase the risk of miscarriage. It is therefore recommended to avoid efforts in case of ...
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Pregnancy: pollution increases the risk of miscarriage
Exposure to polluted air, even for a short time, increases the risk of miscarriage by 16% among women living in ...
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India: In New Delhi, pollution causes residents to lose ten years of life expectancy
A study, published by the University of Chicago's Energy Policy Institute (EPIC), reveals that residents of New Delhi, India, have ...
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Obesity: children exposed to polluted air have a higher risk
At the age of 10, children in contact with diesel engines weigh on average almost 1 kg more than the ...
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Diesel pollution seriously damages children’s lungs
The air pollution caused by diesel has a serious impact on children's lungs, to the point that some can die. ...
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Asthma, diabetes, death… A pulmonologist is alarmed by the ravages of air pollution
On the occasion of the first world conference ever organized by the WHO on air pollution and health, Deepak Choudhary, ...
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How Global Warming Impacts Our Mental Health
Global warming not only impacts our physical health with soil, air and water contamination, but also affects our psychological balance. ...
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Closing of lanes on the bank: a limited impact on pollution
Airparif has produced a report aimed at evaluating the effect of pedestrianization of riverside roads on pollution in Paris and ...
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Air pollution: one in ten deaths worldwide
In 2013, 1 in 10 premature deaths worldwide was attributable to air pollution. Losses of human life which slow down ...
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Pesticides in the air: Paris as affected as the countryside
While the highest levels of pesticides in the air are found in rural areas, the Paris conurbation is also affected ...
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Black spots on the placenta: it’s proven, air pollution diffuses into the uterus
A new study shows that soot particles are able to reach the placenta through the bloodstream, further evidence that air ...
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One in seven diabetes in the world is linked to air pollution
An American study published this Saturday warns of the links between type 2 diabetes and air pollution. The authors mention ...
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Pollution: the first study to measure pesticides in the air has been launched
The National Health Security Agency (ANSES), the air quality monitoring body ATMO France and the National Institute for the Industrial ...
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Why Doctor is committed against pollution
Since Sunday, the C40, the network of major cities around the world committed to global warming, has been meeting in ...
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All electric in the city before 2030!
Since Sunday, the C40, the network of major cities around the world committed to global warming, has been meeting in ...
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