TAILIEUCHUNG - Air Pollution and the Health of New Yorkers: The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone

Air pollution is a leading environmental threat to the health of urban populations overall and specifically to New York City residents. Clean air laws and regulations have improved the air quality in New York and most other large cities, but several pollutants in the city’s air are at levels that are harmful. This report provides estimates of the toll of air pollution on the health of New Yorkers. It focuses on 2 common air pollutants—fine particulate matter () and ozone (O3). Emissions from fuel combustion directly and indirectly cause many cities to have high concentrations of these pollutants. Both have been extensively researched and are known to. | Air Pollution and the Health of New Yorkers The Impact of Fine Particles and Ozone NYC Health Acknowledgements This report was supported by a grant to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene from the National Center for Environmental Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. We are grateful to the CDC s Environmental Public Health Tracking Program for its support of health impact assessment research. The authors also thank Neal Fann . Environmental Protection Agency and Kazuhiko Ito New York University School of Medicine for their review and comments on this report. Contributors Iyad Kheirbek Katherine Wheeler Sarah Walters Grant Pezeshki Daniel Kass New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Science Advisor Thomas Matte City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College Editor Lise Millay Stevens New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Table of Contents Executive Introduction and Sources and Health Effects of Fine Particulates and Studies of Air Pollution and Population Overall Data Concentration-response Particulate matter Ozone Air Quality Particulate Baseline Population and Health Particulate Matter Health Hospital admissions for respiratory Hospital admissions for cardiovascular Emergency department visits for asthma in Emergency department visits for asthma in Ozone Health Hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma in Hospital admissions and emergency department visits for asthma in Discussion References 36 .

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