Air around indoor pools may harm lung cells
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BEIJING, Dec. 16 -- Children who spend long periods of time at indoor swimming pools may damage lung cells that help prevent airway inflammation.
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Children living in damp and mould-infested houses could be at more risk of developing permanent asthma, say researchers.
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A new study found that white blood cell counts were lowered in workers exposed to less than 1 ppm of the chemical benzene (part benzene per million parts air).
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WASHINGTON -- A new federal study suggests that household dust containing a common flame retardant may be linked to an increase in cats getting sick from overactive thyroids. That could be a warning sign for how young children could get exposed to the chemical, said Linda S. Birnbaum, director of...
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Exposure at a young age to certain chemicals in household cleaning products may increase the risk of developing asthma, according to an Australian study.
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Exposure to fumes emitted by cleaning products in the home could cause asthma in children, a study published Thursday shows.
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Infant swimming lessons in an  indoor pool may have the unintended effect of raising some  children&#39;s risk of asthma later on, new research findings  suggest.
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The air you breathe inside a church could be doing you more harm than the air beside a major congested road, say researchers. Church air seems to have alarming levels of polycyclic hydrocarbons, these are carcinogenic.
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New ventilation units blast curtains of purified air between patients and nurses in Washington Hospital Center's emergency room. Outside, yellow tarpaulins and water taps can decontaminate people on the sidewalk.
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For people with lung problems, the air quality found in commercial airliners can produce a drop in blood oxygen below recommended levels, Australian researchers report.
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I love the smell of chlorine in the morning. Smells like 10-meter platform diving, which is a welcome slice of air-conditioned heaven on the hottest day of the Olympics.
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NEW YORK  - Ten children who were   accidentally exposed to chlorine at a swimming pool experienced   substantial impairment of lung function that was still apparent   to some degree several months later, according to a report from   Italy.
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Radon gas is responsible for a significant number of lung cancer deaths, research has found.
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Children who go to swimming  pools on a regular basis may be at risk for developing hay  fever in adulthood, German researchers report.
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Researchers said home exposure to solvents, paints, cleaning products and room fresheners may increase the risk of childhood asthma.
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Exposure to fumes emitted by cleaning  products in the home could cause asthma in children, a study  published Thursday shows.
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Living near a hazardous waste  site containing persistent pollutants such as dioxins,  polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and chlorinated pesticides,  seems to increase the risk of hospitalization for respiratory  infections and asthma in children, a study suggests.