Particulate Matter 2.5
Particulate Matter 2.5
Particulate Matter 2.5
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Summary - Health effects<br />
from PM <strong>2.5</strong> exposure<br />
Illness<br />
• Increase in respiratory symptoms<br />
• Increase ER visits and hospitalizations<br />
• decrease lung growth/function in children<br />
(predisposes to COPD as adults)<br />
• Increase in chronic respiratory illness<br />
Death<br />
• increases overall death rate (not just in<br />
individuals near death)<br />
• Estimated 60,000 deaths/year in U.S.
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