Even moderate levels of air pollution can cause lung function impairment that rivals the damage caused by smoking, a new study found.
Researchers studied 303,887 British men and women, with data on lung health gathered by physical examination and air pollution statistics geographically coded to the participants’ home addresses. The researchers looked at levels of PM2.5, the tiny pollutant particles smaller than 2.5 micrometers in diameter that can be particularly damaging to health. The Environmental Protection Agency defines 12 micrograms of PM2.5 per cubic meter as the maximum for protecting the health of asthmatics, children and the elderly.
The researchers found that each increase of five micrograms per cubic meter in PM2.5 led to a 52 percent increase in diagnoses of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the irreversible lung disease that causes chronic obstruction of airflow.
Each five microgram per cubic meter increase in PM2.5 led to a decrease in lung function equivalent to 29 percent of the decrease caused by current smoking and 65 percent of the decrease caused by being a former smoker. The negative effect was more than four times greater than the effect of secondhand smoke at home.
The effects were particularly strong in low income populations and in people working where there is high exposure to contaminated air.
Connie Dello Buono is based in Sunnyvale California. Her first ebook is about women's health, Birthing Ways Healing Ways and her recent one is about cancer prevention, Curated Healing Ways. She had helped women have holistic childbirth as childbirth educator, founded Motherhealth, to serve seniors in the bay area with holistic caregivers and blogs at www.clubalthea.com with more than 10,000 health and finance related posts.
Connie trains her own caregivers, which are the favorites of most bay area seniors who are home bound and alone.
She is active in the rehab and nursing facilities, volunteering on music and movement for seniors.
She is a member of Lion's club and offered scholarships to students in the Philippines.
She is active at churchinsunnyvale.us and has Fridays Bible home study in Sunnyvale using the recovery version of the Bible , free at biblesforamerica.us
She loves dancing and teaching and her courses can be found at
https://teachclub.com/@thriveafter60
She is California Life Insurance licensed providing life insurance for older adults with health issues and helping women retire safely with income for life.
at menloassetca.com , she helps with 401k rollover.
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- Mortgage protection using term life insurance to pay for mortgage balance in event of death
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She brings compassion and understanding to the needs of her clients, bringing holistic approach in health and life insurance. Her goal is to free families from worries especially during covid with caregivers and life insurance in the presence of health issues, especially for women.
She can be reached at 408-854-1883 , motherhealth@gmail.com
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