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1   Link   Air Pollution and Birth Weight Among Term Infants in California
Parker JD, Woodruff TJ, Basu R, Schoendorf KC, Pediatrics, 115:121-128 (2005).A study of California infants who were born full term has shown a small but consistent effect of PM2.5 on birth weight. Researchers matched air pollution monitoring data with California birth records. The pollution measurements were collected within 5 miles of the mother 		1060
2   Link   Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in Nine California Counties: Results from CALFINE
Bart Ostro, et al., Environ Health Perspect, Vol. 114, No. 1, January 2006.In one of the first studies of its kind, scientists at Cal/EPA's Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and the University of California have found that fine particles emitted by motor vehicles and other sources may increase deaths from heart and lung ailments in California. While many studies have documented that airborne particulate matter in general (defined as particles less than 10 microns in diameter) can increase death rates, the OEHHA study was one of the first to examine such associations involving fine particles (defined as particles less than 2.5 microns in diameter). 		731
3   Link   A Preliminary Investigation of Asthma Mortality in Schools
Greiling, A., et al., Journal of School Health, Vol. 75, No. 8: 286-290 (October 2005).Key factors in preventing asthma deaths and exacerbations in schools include identification of students with diagnosed asthma, communication with parents and health care providers, removal of triggers in the immediate school environment, and maximizing access to needed medications.Mounting Evidence Indicts Fine-Particle PollutionScience Magazine, Vol. 307:1858-1861, March 25, 2005.Particle air pollution clearly causes substantial deaths and illness, but what makes fine particles so toxic - the size, the chemical compound, or both? 		582
4   Link   Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Air Pollution and Selected Causes of Postneonatal Infant Mortality in California
Woodruff TJ, Parker JD, Schoendorf KC, Environ HealthPerspec, 114:786 		706
5   Link   Reduction in Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality: Extended Follow-up of the Harvard Six Cities Study
Laden, Francine, et al., American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Vol 173, pp. 667-672 (2006).This article discusses the findings of investigators who extended the Harvard Six Cities fine particulate air pollution study by eight years and found that reduced levels of tiny particle pollution during this period lowered mortality risk for participants. The investigators found that the largest drops in adjusted mortality rates were in cities with the greatest reduction in fine particulate air pollution (PM2.5). They report that this reduction was observed specifically for deaths due to cardiovascular and respiratory disease and not from lung cancer, a disease with a longer latency period and less reversibility. 		723
6   Link   The Exposure-Response Curve for Ozone and Risk of Mortality and the Adequacy of Current Ozone Regulations
Michelle Bell, et al., Environ Health Perspect, Vol. 14, No. 4, April 2006.The study, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Centers for Disease Control, found that if a safe level for ozone exists, it is only at very low or natural levels and far below current U.S. and international regulations. The study finds that even if all 98 counties in the study met the current ozone standard every day, there would still be a significant link between ozone and premature mortality, indicating that further reductions in ozone pollution would benefit public health, even in areas that meet regulatory requirements. 		707
7   Link   Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Hospital Admission for Cardiovascular and Respiratory Diseases
Francesca Dominici, et al. Journal of the American Medical Association, 295:1127-1134 (2006).This study finds that short-term exposure to PM2.5 increases the risk for hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The researchers used data from the new national monitoring network for PM 2.5. 		1236
8   Link   Prevalence and implementation of IAQ programs in U.S. Schools
Moglia, Dena, et al.,Environ Health Perspect, 114:141-146 (2006).The investigators determined the extent to which U.S. schools are implementing indoor air quality (IAQ) programs. According to the study results, forty-two percent of schools in the U.S. have an IAQ management program, and there has been sustained growth from 1998-2002 in the number of schools that have such programs. Nearly half of those schools use the EPA's Tools for Schools program. 		744
9   Link   Induction of Asthma and the Environment: What we know and need to know
Selgrade, Mary et al., Environ Health Perspect, 114: 615-619 (2006). In this article, we briefly characterize asthma and its public health and economic impacts, and intervention strategies that have been successfully used to prevent induction of asthma in the workplace. We conclude with the findings of seven working groups that focus on ambient air, indoor pollutants (biologics) , occupational exposures, early life stages, older adults, intrinsic susceptibility, and lifestyle. These groups found strong scientific support for public health efforts to limit in utero and postnatal exposure to cigarette smoke. However, with respect to other potential types of interventions, participants noted many scientific questions, which are summarized in this article. Research to address these questions could have a significant public health and economic impact that would be well worth the investment. 		875
10   Link   Children's Health Study Finds Slower Lung Function Growth Rate, Asthma Onset in Children Exposed to Pollution
California Air Resources Board (May 14, 2004).The Children's Health Study, which began in 1992, is a large, long-term, study of the effects of chronic air pollution exposures on the health of children living in Southern California. Children may be more strongly affected by air pollution because their lungs and their bodies are still developing. Children are also exposed to more air pollution than adults since they breathe faster and spend more time outdoors in strenuous activities. 		749
11   Link   Childhood Asthma and Student Performance at School
Taras, H., et al., Journal of School Health, Vol. 75, No. 8:296-312 (October 2005).This article examines the connection between asthma and student performance. Research reveals evidence that rates of absenteeism are higher among students with asthma. 		587
12   Link   Asthma and Farm Exposures in a Cohort of Rural Iowa Children
Merchant, James, et al., Environ Health Perspect, 113:350-356 (2005).Epidemiologic studies of farm children are of international interest because farm children are less often atopic, have less allergic disease, and often have less asthma than do nonfarm children--findings consistent with the hygiene hypothesis. This project studied a cohort of rural Iowa children to determine the association between farm and other environmental risk factors with four asthma outcomes. The high prevalence of rural childhood asthma and asthma symptoms underscores the need for asthma screening programs and improved asthma diagnosis and treatment. The high prevalence of asthma health outcomes among farm children living on farms that raise swine and raise swine and add antibiotics to feed, despite lower rates of atopy and personal histories of allergy, suggests the need for awareness and prevention measures and more population-based studies to further assess environmental and genetic determinants of asthma among farm children. 		859
13   Link   Children's Health Study Finds Slower Lung Function Growth Rate, Asthma Onset in Children Exposed to Pollution
California Air Resources Board (May 14, 2004).The Children's Health Study, which began in 1992, is a large, long-term, study of the effects of chronic air pollution exposures on the health of children living in Southern California. Children may be more strongly affected by air pollution because their lungs and their bodies are still developing. Children are also exposed to more air pollution than adults since they breathe faster and spend more time outdoors in strenuous activities. 		680
14   Link   The Effect of Air Pollution on Lung Development from 10 to 18 Years of Age
Gauderman, et al., New England Journal of Medicine (2004).The University of Southern California study, which followed over 1,700 Los Angeles-area children for eight years, found a link between lung damage and living in cities with elevated levels of nitrogen dioxide, acid vapor and PM10 particulates. Researchers concluded that children's lungs do not recover from damage sustained by breathing air with high levels of ground-level pollution. 		688
15   Link   Struggling to breathe: The epidemic of asthma among children and adolescents in the San Joaquin Valley
Hernandez, R., et al., Central California Children's Institute, CSU Fresno (2004).The results of the Valley-based 2001 CHIS indicate that there are differences or disparities in the prevalence of asthma and asthma symptoms among children by age, gender, ethnicity, income level and place of residence. Asthma-related costs include health care for asthma management, local revenues lost through decreased school attendance, and disruptions in daily routines that may affect the employment, income, and quality of life of families of children diagnosed with asthma. 		681
16   Link   Ozone and Short-term Mortality in 95 US Urban Communities, 1987-2000
Bell, ML, et al., JAMA, 292:2372-2378 (2004).This study was the first large, nationwide endeavor that links day-to-day ozone levels with an increased number of deaths. The researchers said they found a link between mortality and ozone even in areas with low pollution, at levels below the current federal health standard. The study found that when ozone levels increased by a fairly small amount, 10 parts per billion, the daily deaths from non-injury causes over the next few days increased on average 0.52 percent [or an estimated 3767 additional deaths annually for the 95 communities studied]. For cardiovascular and respiratory deaths, the increase was slightly higher, 0.64 percent, and for senior citizens, deaths increased by 0.70 percent. 		562
17   Link   Ambient Air Pollution and Atherosclerosis in Los Angeles
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18   Link   Childhood Asthma and Exposure to Traffic and Nitrogen Dioxide
Gauderman, J., et al., Epidemiology, 16(6):737-743, November 2005.This study shows that children's risk of being diagnosed with asthma increases the closer they live to freeways. 		713
19   Link   Air Resources Board study links diesel fumes to illnesses
A recent study on the cargo industry concentrated around major seaports found that air pollutants generated by California's cargo industry will result in about 750 premature deaths this year and tens of billions of dollars in related healthcare costs over the next 15 years. Diesel-burning ships, trains and trucks tied to the state's explosive international trade industry are largely responsible for the pollution problem, according to the study by the state Air Resources Board staff. The study warns that Californians who live near ports, rail yards and along high-traffic corridors are subsidizing the goods-movement sector with their health. Public hearings on the proposed steps to reduce pollution will be held throughout California in early 2006. 		701
20   Link   Asthma among California's Children, Adults and the Elderly: A Geographic Look by Legislative Districts
Mendez-Luck, Carolyn A., et al.,UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Sept 2004.A new policy brief from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research presents data by California legislative and Congressional districts on the asthma symptom rates for the more three million California children, adults and elderly who suffered from the condition in 2002. This policy brief highlights the geographic variation in asthma rates across the state for all Californians previously diagnosed with asthma that had at least one symptom in the previous year. The first of-its-kind, sub-county data in this publication are useful for policymakers, advocates and medical providers who are working to address the growing problem of asthma throughout California and within local communities. 		674
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