Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Concurrent heat waves, air pollution exacerbate negative health effects of each

03/08/2017 11:12 AM EST

maps of a heat wave that struck the eastern portion of the U.S. and Canada in June of 2005

The combination of prolonged hot spells with poor air quality greatly compounds the negative effects of each and can pose a major risk to human health, according to new research from the University of California, Irvine.


Full story at https://news.uci.edu/research/concurrent-heat-waves-air-pollution-exacerbate-negative-health-effects-of-each/

Source
University of California, Irvine


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