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Imaging study: air pollution impairs function of blood vessels in lungs

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Air pollution impairs the function of blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study of more than 16,000 patients presented at EuroEcho-Imaging 2016. and ozone on pulmonary circulation on the same day and over five and ten days. EuroEcho-Imaging 2016. The population study showed a negative effect of PM 10 , PM 2.5

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The importance of considering non-exhaust traffic emissions; the role of EVs

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in Belgium. They reported in an open-access paper in the journal energies on their analysis of non-exhaust emissions of passenger vehicles, both conventional (diesel and gasoline) or electric, on air quality levels in an urban environment in Belgium. Another new approach to the problem comes from the team of Hooftman et al.

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