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Concentration–Response Functions Relating Concentration and Duration of Ambient Traffic-Related Air Pollution Exposure to Systolic Blood Pressure | Environmental Health Perspectives | Vol. 132, No. 5

May 3, 2024 | ehp.niehs.nih.gov | Doug Brugge

Information & AuthorsPublished InEnvironmental Health PerspectivesVolume 132 • Issue 5 • May 2024HistoryReceived: 21 August 2023Revision received: 13 March 2024Accepted: 17 April 2024Published online: 3 May 2024NotesConclusions and opinions are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or views of EHP Publishing or the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
Heart attacks, cancer, dementia, premature deaths: 4 essential reads on the health effects driving EPA’s new fine particle air pollution standard

Feb 8, 2024 | theconversation.com | Jennifer Weeks |Doug Brugge |Jay Shimshack |Jiu-Chiuan Chen |Jonathan Colmer |Kevin Lane | +1 more

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a new standard for protecting the public from fine particulate air pollution, known as PM2.5 because the particles are smaller than 2.5 millionths of a meter. These minute particles can penetrate deeply into the body and have been linked to many serious illnesses. The new rule sets an annual limit of 9 micrograms per cubic meter of air, down from the previous level of 12 micrograms.

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