foodconsumer.org: Traffic pollution raises risk of childhood allergies

Traffic pollution raises risk of childhood allergies
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admin on 06/13/2008 22:36:00
 
Researchers said in a statement released Friday that children who lived within
50 meters of a busy road were 50 percent more likely to develop asthma, hay
fever, eczema, and other allergies than their counterparts living far away from
such roads.
In the study, Joachim Heinrich, an epidemiologist at the Helmholtz Research
Centre for Environment and Health in Munich and colleagues followed 3,00 healthy
children in Munich for six years since birth for incidence of allergies and
exposure to traffic pollution.
The findings were published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical
Care Medicine.
By Ben Wasserman, and edited by Heather Kelley.
Jun 13, 2008 - 12:05:02 PM