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In-home
air pollution heightens asthma symptoms
McCormack MC, PN Breysse, EC Matsui, NN Hansel, D Williams, J Curtin-Brosnan,
P Eggleston and GB Diette. 2008.
In-home particle concentrations and
childhood asthma morbidity
A recent
study confirms and broadens our understanding of asthma by showing the
respiratory disease is highly affected by particulate matter.
For the first time, researchers report that asthma incidence and severity is
associated with a specific type of indoor air pollution, referred to as course
particulate matter. Specifically, the amounts of wheezing, slowing of a child’s
activity and use of rescue medication were all elevated in children living in
homes with more of this type of indoor air pollution.The study examined inner city children in Baltimore, MD, who are primarily
African-American. Researchers wanted to identify factors that could explain why
inner city African Amerians have both a higher incidence rate and more severe
asthma than in the general population.
In general, African-Americans are more likely than whites to live in regions
of poor outdoor air quality, which translates into higher levels of indoor air
pollutants that become trapped in poorly ventilated buildings with small,
enclosed spaces. This is of particular concern because people spend the majority
of their hours inside.
Current national guidelines call for reducing outdoor particulate matter
levels in an effort to reduce asthma incidence. However, this paper suggests
that reducing indoor particulate matter is of more immediate concern and with
appropriate engineering improvements may be easier to accomplish.
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