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Clean Air Day: How air pollution punishes people with lung conditions

When 20 year-old Chloe Fox moved to London to study tourism at the University of West London, exposure to the city’s air had such an effect on her asthma that she was hospitalised 20 times in two years.

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Clean Air Day: Air pollution still costing the UK billions say Royal College of Physicians

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Lake District air offered to London Underground passengers

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Air pollution linked to changes in babies’ brain before birth

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Old oil and gas wells are releasing more methane than previously thought

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Canaries and coal mines: air pollution is a threat to animal welfare

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The hidden role dust storms play in air pollution

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Have we found an enzyme to prevent and cure PM2.5 lung damage?

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Have we found an enzyme to prevent and cure PM2.5 lung damage?

A new study suggests that activating an enzyme known as ALDH1A1 could help protect the lungs from air pollution, particularly in vulnerable groups such as pregnant women, children and those with asthma or COPD.