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From cradle to graveThe impact of air pollution across your lifetime.
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Even before you take your first breath, air pollution is affecting your health.
Air pollution particles found in mothers’ placentas
The Guardian, September 2018 1
Air pollution around conception tied to birth defects
Reuters, Jan 2018 3
BMJ, November 2017 4
New research links toxic air to low birth weight
Air pollution affects thyroid development in fetusesScience Daily, September 2018 2
Once you’re born, air pollution contributes to health conditions that will last the rest of your life.
Postnatal exposure to PM2.5 has been linked to autism spectrum disorder.
Toxicological Sciences, March 2018 5
John Hopkins Medicine, December 2017 7
Exposure to Larger Air Particles Linked to Increased Risk of Asthma in Children
GoodToKnow, January 2018 6
Experts warn parents over hidden risk to their babies’ health
It determines how quickly you will age mentally and physically.
Air Pollution May Make Babies’ Cells Age Faster
Time, October 2017 8
Air Pollution May Make Your Brain Age Faster, Study SaysTime, April 2015 9
And it will impact how well you perform at school.
Air Pollution Around Schools Is Linked To Poorer Student Health And Academic Performance
Health Affairs – May 2011 10
AMEinfo.com September 2018 11
Clean air in classrooms improves student performance
As you grow older, air pollution will worsen or directly cause a range of chronic health conditions.
Rapid rise in air pollution ‘increases heart attack risk’
Air Quality News, February 2018 12
Study: Air pollution can fuel chronic kidney disease
News Medical, August 2018 14
Medscape, August 2018 15
Even Low-Level Air Pollution Found to Cause Heart Damage
Strong link found between air pollution and diabetesMedical News Today, 2018 13
The Guardian, June 2016 16
Air pollution now major contributor to stroke
It will impact your life choices.
Air pollution linked to increased crime levelsThe Independent, February 2018 18
Air Pollution Leads to More ViolenceCare2, January 2018 17
London School and Economics and Political Science, April 2018 19
Air pollution increases crime in London
Air pollution could be as harmful to our minds as it is to our bodies: Breathing in toxic air makes us more likely to commit crime or cheatDaily Mail, February 2018 20
Your performance at work.
Air pollution is bad for productivity, even in office jobs
Quartz at work, March 2018 21
Air pollution is making you worse at your job
Washington Post, November 2017 22
And your ability to start a family.
Air pollution may cause infertility for ‘significant number of couples’, warn scientistsTelegraph, November 2017 23
Breathing polluted air will influence your mental wellbeing.
BBC, August 2018 26
Air pollution may harm cognitive intelligence, study says
Is air pollution damaging your mental health?New Statesman, January 2017 25
How air pollution clouds mental healthUniversity of Washington, November 2017 24
Your health in old age.
Osteoporosis-Related Bone Fractures Linked to Air Pollution
Columbia University, November 2017 28
Air Pollution May Cause Early Signs of Alzheimer’s
Newsweek, April 2018 27
Dementia: Air pollution could increase risk by 40 percent, study findsNewsweek, September 2018 29
And even how long you live for.
Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year
Science Daily, August 2018 30
Pollution linked to one in six deaths
BBC, October 2017 32
Air Pollution Linked with Increasing Mortality Rate
Coherent News, September 2018 31
Air pollution will affect nearly everyone you know.
More than 95% of world’s population breathe dangerous air, major study findsThe Guardian, April 2018 33
That’s why the World Health Organization calls air pollution
the world’s largest single environmental health risk.
And it’s also why you need to take measures to protect yourself, and
those you’re responsible for, from the threat of air pollution.
Visit our website to find out more about air pollution and what you can do to reduce the risk.
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