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Sep 25, 2024 · Chemical pollution of soil, water, air and food is a major environmental threat, leading to an estimated 9 million premature deaths worldwide. The Global Burden of Disease study estimated that ...
Nov 10, 2021 · Pollution and the Heart. Cardiovascular diseases are the world’s leading cause of disability and death. Such diseases were responsible in 2019 for an estimated 18.6 million deaths globally and ...
- Sanjay Rajagopalan, Philip J Landrigan
- 2021
Jun 30, 2022 · Pollution reduces soil’s ability to yield food. It results in food crop contamination and disease. Soil pollutants wash into rivers causing water pollution. Deforestation causes soil erosion, liberates sequestered pollutants, and generates airborne dust. Pollution of air, water, and soil is responsible for at least 9 million deaths each year.
- Regina Bailey
- Epicardium. Epicardium (epi-cardium) is the outer layer of the heart wall. It is also known as visceral pericardium as it forms the inner layer of the pericardium.
- Myocardium. Myocardium (myo-cardium) is the middle layer of the heart wall. It is composed of cardiac muscle fibers, which enable heart contractions. The myocardium is the thickest layer of the heart wall, with its thickness varying in different parts of the heart.
- Endocardium. Endocardium (endo-cardium) is the thin inner layer of the heart wall. This layer lines the inner heart chambers, covers heart valves, and is continuous with the endothelium of large blood vessels.
Feb 1, 2024 · A global expansion of industrialization, rapid urban growth, and continued reliance on fossil fuels have led to a 65% rise in environmental pollution levels over the past 20 years, making it a leading risk factor for early mortality, responsible for 1 in every 6 global deaths. 1 Though the adverse effects of air pollution on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) have recently been well appreciated ...
Apr 25, 2024 · Exposure to ambient air pollution reduces the global average life expectancy by 2.9 years, 3 with >50% of excess deaths due to cardiovascular disease (CVD), ischemic heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and hypertension. 4 Of the many components of ambient air pollution, PM is the strongest driver of cardiovascular risk and adverse outcomes. PM is a complex mixture of particles of different sizes ...
Oct 1, 2022 · Soil pollutants enter the body when people eat crops grown in dirty soil, drink water contaminated by dirty soil, or inhale soil dust. Heavy metals — especially lead, cadmium, and arsenic — are the most pressing concerns, says Dr. Landrigan, whose early work fueled the banning of lead in gasoline and paint in the mid-1970s.
