Long-term daily exposure to air pollution carrying fine particulate matter poses a significant risk of all-cause mortality for people with heart failure (HF).
So found researchers who studied more than 23,000 heart-failure patients residing in North Carolina across urban, suburban and rural areas.
Led by Cavin Ward‐Caviness, PhD, of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Public Health & Integrated Toxicology Division, the team focused on air pollution bearing particulates smaller than 2.5 microns in diameter (PM2.5). Examples include vehicle exhaust, campfires and fumes from cooking food at high temperatures.