Spikes in air pollution can disrupt children's mental health, study finds Air pollution could disrupt children's mental health and worsen symptoms of conditions such as depression and anxiety, a study has found.
Even being exposed for a short time to levels of pollution too low to officially be considered dangerous could have an effect.
The risk of a child being taken to hospital because they had suicidal thoughts was found to increase by 44 per cent after a spike in air pollution. The Daily Mail
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Even being exposed for a short time to levels of pollution too low to officially be considered dangerous could have an effect.
The risk of a child being taken to hospital because they had suicidal thoughts was found to increase by 44 per cent after a spike in air pollution. The Daily Mail
See also:
- Short-Term Air Pollution Exposure, Residential Greenspace, Community Deprivation, and Psychiatric Emergency Visits in Children (abstract) Environmental Health Perspectives
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