Newsweek (9/25, Gander) reports that in a large study, investigators “looked at admissions to the Cincinnati Children’s emergency psychiatric department between 2011 and 2015 to see if there was an association with levels of air pollution.” The study revealed that “in the three days following a” pollution “spike of 10 micrograms per meter squared, the hospital saw more children attend the psychiatric emergency department,” with “PM 2.5” appearing “to exacerbate adjustment disorder and suicidality in particular.” The findings were published online in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
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— “Air Pollution Has Been Linked With Psychiatric Disorders In Children, “Kashmira Gander, Newsweek, September 25, 2019