Long-term exposure to permissible concentrations of air pollution linked with increased mortality risk October 8, 2021
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Exposure to low concentrations of air pollution, even at levels permitted under federal regulations, may be causing tens of thousands of early deaths each year among elderly people and other vulnerable groups in the U.S., according to a large national study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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