Dirty air affects children's heart health

Smog over Los Angeles.

"I think these conclusions are convincing, enough for pediatricians to say that we have evidence that air pollution can cause changes in the immune and cardiovascular systems, not just the previously proven asthma and respiratory diseases.

The researchers mainly selected 6-8-year-old Hispanic children in Fresno, California.

Researchers used mass spectrometry to analyze immune system cells for the first time in a pollution study.

Researchers also found that exposure to air pollution is related to an increase in monocytes.

Experts pointed out that currently American Hispanic children face higher levels of traffic pollution than non-Hispanic children, and that Hispanic adults have a higher prevalence of unregulated hypertension compared with other races, so determine how air pollution affects Latin America The long-term health of children of American descent is particularly important.

In general, respiratory diseases kill more Americans each year and rank the second most common cause of death in the world.

Related paper information: org/10.