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7 lip 2010 · Toxic inhalation hazards (TIHs) are noxious gases and vapors that are harmful and often deadly when inhaled. Specific sensory receptors in the airways sense the presence of these chemicals and initiate conscious, involuntary, autonomic, inflammatory, and other responses to them (1).
The study found that DALYs related to noise were more important than those related to air pollution, as the effects of environmental noise on cardiovascular disease were independent of air pollution . Environmental noise should be counted as an independent public health risk .
When the lungs exchange gas, NO 2 enters the blood and then reaches the tissues and organs of the organism through the circulation of body fluids. Brain tissue is the most important part of the central nervous system of the organism.
Nitric oxide (NO) is a gaseous signalling molecule that is involved in the regulation of the cardiovascular, immune and nervous systems. In the CNS, NO is involved in many processes, including...
12 kwi 2024 · How Air Pollution Damages the Brain. The new science of "exposomics" shows how air pollution contributes to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, bipolar disorder and other brain diseases. By Sherry Baker ...
6 cze 2020 · The buzz of a leaf blower and its gaseous fumes fill the air outside a lab facility at the University of Washington in Seattle. Inside the building, neurotoxicologist Lucio Costa is investigating how polluted air—such as garden tool exhaust—could be bad for the brain.
12 lis 2021 · Wildfire smoke is a mixture of countless noxious chemical compounds. Fires burning across the warming planet – from California to Greece and Australia – are adding dangerous particulate matter...
