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Physicians and nurses tell Dallas: air pollution worsens asthma, maternal outcomes and child health
Summary
Clinicians at the symposium presented evidence tying PM2.5, ozone and NO2 to asthma, low birthweight, neurodevelopmental effects and increased ED visits; they urged better clinician training, targeted monitoring and community outreach to mitigate health disparities.
A multi‑disciplinary panel of physicians and public‑health practitioners at the North Texas Climate Symposium made a clinical case for stronger local air‑quality action.
Panel leaders noted that exposures to PM2.5, ozone and NO2 are associated with a broad array of outcomes in adults and children—cardiovascular disease, asthma exacerbations, pneumonia, low birthweight, preterm birth and neurodevelopmental concerns. Dr. Sade Afolabi and colleagues…
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