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Cardiovascular Effects of Air Pollution Exposure and its Interventional Strategies
Citation:
Tong, H. Cardiovascular Effects of Air Pollution Exposure and its Interventional Strategies. Louisiana State University, Shreveport, LA, April 03, 2018.
Impact/Purpose:
Dr. Tong has been invited to give a distinguished lecture to the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology, & Neuroscience at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport on April 3, 2018. Dr. will present a seminar entitled “Cardiovascular Effects of Air Pollution Exposure and its Interventional Strategies”.
Description:
WHO has estimated that each year air pollution causes approximately seven million premature deaths worldwide, and 40,000-60,000 premature deaths in the United States alone. Implementation of the regulations of the Clean Air Act has brought forth substantial improvements in air quality and attendant benefits to public health. Yet, tens of millions of Americans still live in areas where levels of air pollutants exceed the National Ambient Air Quality Standards, placing the susceptible populations at risk for adverse health effects. Interventions such as dietary intervention offer strategies at an individual or community levels that can complement the EPA efforts to improve air quality. Doing so can prevent or mitigate adverse health outcomes of exposure to air pollution for potentially at risk populations living in areas of non-attainment or on high pollution days wherever they occur. Interventional strategies could be an immediate way of reducing damage caused to billions around the world by air pollution.