Yazdi, Mahdieh. (2022, February 22). “Long-Term Association of Air Pollution and Hospital Admissions Among Medicare Participants Using a Doubly Robust Additive Model.” Circulation, Vol. 143, No.16. Retrieved February 5, 2022, from https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/full/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050252

 

In this study, they examined the long-term exposure of particulate matter with the tropospheric ozone and NO2 within our air to hospital admissions where they studied the correlation to respiratory issues like strokes, atrial flutters, and pneumonia. They found that long-term exposure to fine particulate matter had a direct correlation to an increase in risk of strokes. They also found that the NO2 within our air also had the same direct correlation with strokes and the number of people being admitted into our hospitals for strokes. From this, we can conclude that long-term exposure to these air pollutants causes a significant risk to cardiovascular and respiratory health, especially amongst the elderly. 

This study and the results that come with it are not surprising at all. While searching for these articles, there seems to be a common trend among our damages of polluting the air to our health and growing health conditions across the country. This should be a serious worry for many because we do not know how long the pollutant-infested air has been causing damage to us. Imagine a child being born into the world in 2022; they would essentially be breathing in this poor air for the whole entire duration of their lives. I will not be surprised if the next generations see a decline in respiratory and cardiovascular health.