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Study examines cardiometabolic effects of air pollutants, noise, and green space

December 18, 2024

HEI has published a new Research Report, Cardiometabolic Health Effects of Air Pollution, Noise, Green Space, and Socioeconomic Status: The HERMES Study. Led by Ole Raaschou-Nielsen of the Danish Cancer Institute, the research team investigated four traffic-related air pollutants (fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, ultrafine particulates, and elemental carbon), noise, and green space in relation to cardiometabolic health in 2.6 million adults in Denmark.

Cardiometabolic Health Effects of Air Pollution, Noise, Green Space, and Socioeconomic Status: The HERMES Study

Research Report 222

Ole Raaschou-Nielsen

Aslak H Poulsen

Matthias Ketzel

Lise M Frohn

Nina Roswall

Ulla A Hvidtfeldt

et al.

2024

Topics:

Air Pollution

Nitrogen Oxides

Multipollutant Mixtures

This report presents a study led by Ole Raaschou-Nielsen of the Danish Cancer Institute. The research team investigated four traffic-related air pollutants (fine particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, ultrafine particulates, and elemental carbon), noise, and green space in relation to cardiometabolic health in 2.6 million adults in Denmark.

New health studies launched on traffic-related air pollution exposure, diesel fleet turnover

October 21, 2024

HEI is pleased to announce the launch of five studies it is funding as the result of two separate research solicitations: Request for Applications 23-1, Assessing Health Effects of Traffic-Related Air Pollution (TRAP); and Request for Qualifications 24-1, Benefits Assessment of Accelerated Turnover of the On-Road Diesel Vehicle Fleet in the United States.

New report on effects of diesel school bus replacement program

October 16, 2024

A new HEI report, Assessing the National Health, Education, and Air Quality Benefits of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s School Bus Rebate Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial Design, presents a study led by Sara Adar of the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health.

Assessing the National Health, Education, and Air Quality Benefits of the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s School Bus Rebate Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial Design

Research Report 221

Sara D Adar

Meredith Pedde

Richard Hirth

Adam Szpiro

2024

Topics:

Air Pollution

Accountability

This report presents a study led by Sara Adar of the University of Michigan’s School of Public Health. Adar and colleagues conducted a thorough accountability study of a program for replacing old diesel school buses with new, lower-emitting buses across the United States.

HEI-funded research played important role in European Union’s adoption of new air quality standards to improve public health

October 15, 2024

The European Union’s (EU) revised Ambient Air Quality Directive sets new air quality standards for EU countries to achieve by 2030 for major pollutants to align more closely with the latest World Health Organization guidelines. Findings on low-level air pollution exposure, particularly the findings from an HEI-funded study of 28 million participants in Europe, played an important role in informing the new EU air quality standards

Birth Cohort Studies of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution in Early Life and Development of Asthma in Children and Adolescents from Denmark

Research Report 219

Marie Pedersen

Shuo Liu

Zorana J Andersen

Anne-Marie Nybo Andersen

Jørgen Brandt

Esben Budtz-Jørgensen

et al.

2024

Topics:

Air Pollution

Nitrogen Oxides

Multipollutant Mixtures

This report presents a study led by Marie Pedersen of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Pedersen and colleagues examined children’s asthma in four Danish cohorts and focused on exposure to an array of air pollutants, including fine particulate matter, ozone, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, and combinations of those pollutants.

New report on air pollution and childhood asthma risk

September 6, 2024

HEI has published a new Research Report, Birth Cohort Studies of Long-Term Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution in Early Life and Development of Asthma in Children and Adolescents from Denmark. The study presented in the report, led by Marie Pedersen of the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, examined children’s asthma in four Danish cohorts and focused on exposure to an array of air pollutants.

New study examines potential health benefits of reducing emissions

August 27, 2024

HEI has published a new Research Report, Estimating Model-Based Marginal Societal Health Benefits of Air Pollution Emission Reductions in the United States and Canada.

Estimating Model-Based Marginal Societal Health Benefits of Air Pollution Emission Reductions in the United States and Canada

Research Report 218

Amir Hakami

Shunliu Zhao

Marjan Soltanzadeh

Petros Vasilakos

Anas Alhusban

Burak Oztaner

et al.

2024

Topics:

Air Pollution

Particulate Matter

Accountability

This report presents a study that estimated potential health benefits associated with reducing emissions from transportation and other sources at locations across the United States and Canada. Amir Hakami of Carleton University, Canada, and colleagues estimated the improvement in fine particulate matter concentrations and how many fewer deaths would be expected if fine particulate matter, ammonia, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide emissions were reduced.

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