Executive summary Pollution is the largest environmental cause of disease and premature
death in the world today. Diseases caused by pollution were responsible for an estimated 9 …

The prevalence of allergic airway diseases such as asthma and rhinitis has increased
dramatically to epidemic proportions worldwide. Besides air pollution from industry derived …

Fossil-fuel combustion by-products are the world's most significant threat to children's health
and future and are major contributors to global inequality and environmental injustice. The …

This study provides an approximate estimate of how much disease can be prevented by
reducing the environmental risks to health. It includes a meta-synthesis of key evidence …

Background: Approaches to estimating and addressing the risk to children from fossil fuel
combustion have been fragmented, tending to focus either on the toxic air emissions or on …

Context: Rapidly increasing evidence has documented that endocrine-disrupting chemicals
(EDCs) contribute substantially to disease and disability. Objective: The objective was to …

Summary Background Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) contribute to disease and
dysfunction and incur high associated costs (> 1% of the gross domestic product [GDP] in …

ContextModifiable behavioral risk factors are leading causes of mortality in the United
States. Quantifying these will provide insight into the effects of recent trends and the …

Background Reliable and comparable analysis of risks to health is key for preventing
disease and injury. Causal attribution of morbidity and mortality to risk factors has …

Background Air pollution contributes to mortality and morbidity. We estimated the impact of
outdoor (total) and traffic-related air pollution on public health in Austria, France, and …