Around the world, major cities differ with respect to their recent trends in ambient air pollution. While Los Angeles has had extremely high levels of air pollution in the past, it has experienced significant progress over the last thirty years.
In other cities such as Beijing, air pollution levels remain extremely high. Along with urban crime and traffic congestion, ambient air pollution is a major threat to urban quality of life. Exposure to high levels of air pollution increases sickness rates and can also raise mortality risk. The damage caused by pollution exposure varies by demographic group. Children, the elderly and those with pre-existing conditions are most susceptible to the effects of air pollution.
Recent News
A quarter of Angelenos breathe noxious freeway pollutants every morning
Research led by Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences and IoES Professor Suzanne Paulson, conducted in collaboration with School of Public Health and IoES Professor Emeritus Arthur Winer, was published in science journal Atmospheric Environment.
UCLA researchers find potential link between auto pollution, some childhood cancers
Scientists from UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health led by Julia Heck, have found a possible link between exposure to traffic-related air pollution and several childhood cancers.
Air Pollution and Autism
Babies exposed to air pollution when in the womb are more likely to have autism, according to a UCLA study published Mar. 1, 2013, in Environmental Health Perspectives.
Carmageddon improved air quality
Coverage of the new study by IoES' Suzanne Paulson, professor of atmospheric and oceanic sciences and Yifang Zhu, associate professor of environmental health sciences.
Publications
Southern California Environmental Report Card Fall 2008: Air Pollution Impacts on Infants and Children
The Institute of the Environment launches new online Southern California Environmental Report Card with the Fall 2008 article: Air Pollution Impacts on Infants and Children by Beate Ritz, M.D., Ph.D. and Michelle Wilhelm, Ph.D.
Air Pollution
Read Air Pollution Article in the Southern California Environmental Report Card 2003
Center for Clean Air
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Suzanne Paulson
Director, Center for Clean Air; Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Yifang Zhu
Associate Director, Center for Clean Air; Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Health Sciences
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