Wednesday, June 29, 2022

Risk of death surges when extreme heat and air pollution coincide

 

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/957459

 

 News Release 29-Jun-2022
Keck School of Medicine of USC researchers used a new analytic approach to study more than 1.5 million deaths across the state of California
Peer-Reviewed Publication
Keck School of Medicine of USC

 

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 The study found that compared to days without extreme conditions, extreme heat days carried a 6.1% increase in risk of death. On extreme air pollution days, deaths were 5% more likely. But on days with both extreme heat and air pollution, deaths were 21% more likely — a synergistic effect almost double the impact of the individual exposures combined. 

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