UK Air Pollution Accelerates Onset of Long-Term Illnesses
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- A new study has found that air pollution is accelerating the onset of long-term illnesses in the UK, causing people to develop chronic diseases earlier than they otherwise...
- Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University analyzed up to 15 years of health records from 396,000 participants in the UK Biobank, tracking the first occurrence of 78 non-communicable chronic...
- For some conditions, individuals could be developing illness more than two years earlier due to long-term exposure to polluted air.
A new study has found that air pollution is accelerating the onset of long-term illnesses in the UK, causing people to develop chronic diseases earlier than they otherwise would.
Researchers from Sun Yat-sen University analyzed up to 15 years of health records from 396,000 participants in the UK Biobank, tracking the first occurrence of 78 non-communicable chronic diseases. The study linked air pollution exposure to an earlier onset of illness across nearly every major organ system, with particularly strong effects on neurological and psychiatric disorders.