Gas hobs could be worse for your lungs than polluted city streets
Study claims that if no gas stoves were used then up to a fifth of childhood asthma cases could be prevented
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Study claims that if no gas stoves were used then up to a fifth of childhood asthma cases could be prevented
Unborn newborns' lungs and brains have been shown to contain toxic air pollution particles. Particles that women breathe into their developing fetuses can have long-lasting effects on them.
University professors ask for more in-depth research to discover if even more harm takes place when the particles begin to disperse in the body afterward.
Research offers evidence that tobacco could damage health of people two generations later
Children are more likely to develop asthma if their father was exposed to second-hand smoke when he was a child, according to a study published today (Thursday) in the European Respiratory Journal. The study also shows that children's risk of asthma is even higher if their father was exposed to second-hand smoke and went on to become a smoker.