Household air pollution still kills millions of people ... chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), respiratory ...

Household air pollution also causes eye and skin infections. It increases the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), cardiovascular syndrome, and cancer. Likewise, the impact on ...

For people living with air that has more than 10 micrograms per cubic meter of particle pollution, the situation was much worse. Among that group in the most polluted areas, the number of COPD ...

This randomized control study is a subanalysis of data from the CLEAN AIR Trial and is the first US study to define an association between indoor air pollution and COPD. The results were published ...

The WHO says nine out of ten people are subjected to high levels of pollutants from the air they breathe. Outdoor and household air pollution ... pulmonary disease (COPD), and 29 percent of ...

The CLEAN AIR study, which investigated the effects of indoor air pollution on COPD, found that people with COPD experienced improved symptoms after using portable air purifiers indoors.

Breathing in pollution caused by burning fuels in the home can cause COPD and may worsen existing symptoms. Propane produces less household air pollution than other biomass fuels, but it still ...

Share on Pinterest The air we breathe may contain toxins and harmful particulate matter, which can be dangerous to human health. Burak GULER/Getty Images Recent and ongoing wildfires have ...

While the world continues to live with the adverse effects of air pollution ... secondhand smoke, household chemicals, and mould. They can be very damaging especially to COPD patients as they ...

The number of patients being admitted to emergency due to COPD diseases has also increased by over 20 percent due to air pollution. Household air pollution also causes deaths which not many people ...

About one in three people worldwide were exposed to household air pollution in a single year ... chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), respiratory infections, cataracts, and neonatal ...