| Title | Air Pollution and health — Good News and bad |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Authors | C. Pope, Arden I. I. I. |
| Journal | New England Journal of Medicine |
| Volume | 351 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pagination | 1132-1134 |
| ISSN | 0028-4793 |
| Abstract | Early concerns regarding the health-related effects of air pollution originated from severe episodes in Meuse Valley, Belgium, in 1930; Donora, Pennsylvania, in 1948; and London, in 1952. Although the overall effects of these episodes continue to be debated, well-documented, episode-related increases in morbidity and mortality from cardiopulmonary causes provided dramatic evidence that extremely high concentrations of air pollution can have serious adverse effects on health. Early public-policy efforts to improve air quality in the United States, Britain, and elsewhere were largely attempts to avert such “killer” episodes of air pollution. In the United States, a series of national legislative and . . . |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1056/NEJMe048182 |
| DOI | 10.1056/NEJMe048182 |
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