From cradle to graveThe impact of air pollution across your lifetime.

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Even before you take your first breath, air pollution is affecting your health.

Air pollution particles found in mothers’ placentas

The Guardian, September 2018 1

Air pollution around conception tied to birth defects

Reuters, Jan 2018 3

BMJ, November 2017 4

New research links toxic air to low birth weight

Air pollution affects thyroid development in fetusesScience Daily, September 2018 2

Once you’re born, air pollution contributes to health conditions that will last the rest of your life.

Postnatal exposure to PM2.5 has been linked to autism spectrum disorder.

Toxicological Sciences, March 2018 5

John Hopkins Medicine, December 2017 7

Exposure to Larger Air Particles Linked to Increased Risk of Asthma in Children

GoodToKnow, January 2018 6

Experts warn parents over hidden risk to their babies’ health

It determines how quickly you will age mentally and physically.

Air Pollution May Make Babies’ Cells Age Faster

Time, October 2017 8

Air Pollution May Make Your Brain Age Faster, Study SaysTime, April 2015 9

And it will impact how well you perform at school.

Air Pollution Around Schools Is Linked To Poorer Student Health And Academic Performance

Health Affairs – May 2011 10

AMEinfo.com September 2018 11

Clean air in classrooms improves student performance

As you grow older, air pollution will worsen or directly cause a range of chronic health conditions.

Rapid rise in air pollution ‘increases heart attack risk’

Air Quality News, February 2018 12

Study: Air pollution can fuel chronic kidney disease

News Medical, August 2018 14

Medscape, August 2018 15

Even Low-Level Air Pollution Found to Cause Heart Damage

Strong link found between air pollution and diabetesMedical News Today, 2018 13

The Guardian, June 2016 16

Air pollution now major contributor to stroke

It will impact your life choices.

Air pollution linked to increased crime levelsThe Independent, February 2018 18

Air Pollution Leads to More ViolenceCare2, January 2018 17

London School and Economics and Political Science, April 2018 19

Air pollution increases crime in London

Air pollution could be as harmful to our minds as it is to our bodies: Breathing in toxic air makes us more likely to commit crime or cheatDaily Mail, February 2018 20

Your performance at work.

Air pollution is bad for productivity, even in office jobs

Quartz at work, March 2018 21

Air pollution is making you worse at your job

Washington Post, November 2017 22

And your ability to start a family.

Air pollution may cause infertility for ‘significant number of couples’, warn scientistsTelegraph, November 2017 23

Breathing polluted air will influence your mental wellbeing.

BBC, August 2018 26

Air pollution may harm cognitive intelligence, study says

Is air pollution damaging your mental health?New Statesman, January 2017 25

How air pollution clouds mental healthUniversity of Washington, November 2017 24

Your health in old age.

Osteoporosis-Related Bone Fractures Linked to Air Pollution

Columbia University, November 2017 28

Air Pollution May Cause Early Signs of Alzheimer’s

Newsweek, April 2018 27

Dementia: Air pollution could increase risk by 40 percent, study findsNewsweek, September 2018 29

And even how long you live for.

Air pollution reduces global life expectancy by more than one year

Science Daily, August 2018 30

Pollution linked to one in six deaths

BBC, October 2017 32

Air Pollution Linked with Increasing Mortality Rate

Coherent News, September 2018 31

Air pollution will affect nearly everyone you know.

More than 95% of world’s population breathe dangerous air, major study findsThe Guardian, April 2018 33

That’s why the World Health Organization calls air pollution

the world’s largest single environmental health risk.

And it’s also why you need to take measures to protect yourself, and

those you’re responsible for, from the threat of air pollution.

Visit our website to find out more about air pollution and what you can do to reduce the risk.

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REFERENCES/FURTHER READING

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