UC Irvine-led study links long-term air pollution exposure to postpartum depression in SoCal
Higher suicide risk for moms; infants may develop cognitive, emotional or other impairments
Higher suicide risk for moms; infants may develop cognitive, emotional or other impairments
Exposure to particulate matter increased risk of Alzheimer’s disease in mouse models
First-of-its-kind state study examined distribution, sociodemographic factors over time
A type of air pollution known as fine particulate matter or PM2.5, can cause loss of ovarian function in female mice, due to depleted primordial, primary and secondary follicles, according to a recent study led by Ulrike Luderer, MD, Ph.D., UCI professor of environmental and occupational health and corresponding author. Premature ovarian failure, often called […]
Interdisciplinary research scope expanded to cover a wide range of environmental exposures
Suggested interventions include better air regulation and health screenings
Future may bring more overlap of synergistic weather factors, UCI researchers warn
Irvine, Calif., June 19, 2014 – James Pitts, a University of California researcher who helped uncover the dangers of air pollution blanketing Greater Los Angeles and who worked tirelessly to clear the air worldwide, has died. Pitts, 93, died of natural causes in his sleep today at his Irvine home, said his wife and fellow […]
Chinese air pollution blowing across the Pacific Ocean is often caused by the manufacturing of goods for export to the U.S. and Europe, according to findings by UC Irvine and other researchers published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study is the first to quantify how much of the pollution […]
Levels of contaminants higher than in some of the world’s most polluted cities have been found downwind of Canada’s largest oil, gas and tar sands processing zone, in a rural area where men suffer elevated rates of cancers linked to such chemicals.