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The Lancet Commission on pollution and health

Philip J. Landrigan, +49 more
- 19 Oct 2017 - 
- Vol. 391, Iss: 10119, pp 462-512
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This book is dedicated to the memory of those who have served in the armed forces and their families during the conflicts of the twentieth century.
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This article is published in The Lancet.The article was published on 2017-10-19 and is currently open access. It has received 2628 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Health policy.

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Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems

TL;DR: Food in the Anthropocene : the EAT-Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems focuses on meat, fish, vegetables and fruit as sources of protein.

Economic growth and income inequality

TL;DR: This article investigated whether income inequality affects subsequent growth in a cross-country sample for 1965-90, using the models of Barro (1997), Bleaney and Nishiyama (2002) and Sachs and Warner (1997) with negative results.
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Elevated Blood Lead Levels in Children Associated With the Flint Drinking Water Crisis: A Spatial Analysis of Risk and Public Health Response

TL;DR: The percentage of children with elevated blood lead levels increased after water source change, particularly in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighborhoods, and disadvantaged neighborhoods as having the greatest elevated bloodLead level increases and informed response prioritization during the now-declared public health emergency.
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Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Disease: JACC State-of-the-Art Review

TL;DR: This review provides an overview of air pollution and health, including assessment of exposure, impact on CV outcomes, mechanistic underpinnings, and impact ofAir pollution reduction strategies to mitigate CV risk, and concludes with future challenges.
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Pollution from Fossil-Fuel Combustion is the Leading Environmental Threat to Global Pediatric Health and Equity: Solutions Exist

TL;DR: The purpose of this commentary is to briefly review the data on the health impacts of fossil-fuel pollution, highlighting the neurodevelopmental impacts, and to briefly describe available means to achieve a low-carbon economy, and some examples of interventions that have benefited health and the economy.
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Transforming our world : The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Un Desa
TL;DR: The Scoping meeting on collaboration between Regional Seas Programmes and Regional Fisheries Bodies in the Southwest Indian Ocean is described in this article, where the authors propose a framework for collaboration between regional sea programmes and regional fisheries bodies in the Indian Ocean.
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A safe operating space for humanity

TL;DR: Identifying and quantifying planetary boundaries that must not be transgressed could help prevent human activities from causing unacceptable environmental change, argue Johan Rockstrom and colleagues.
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Economic Growth and Income Inequality

TL;DR: The process of industrialization engenders increasing income inequality as the labor force shifts from low-income agriculture to the high income sectors as mentioned in this paper, and on more advanced levels of development inequality starts decreasing and industrialized countries are again characterized by low inequality due to the smaller weight of agriculture in production and income generation.
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An Association between Air Pollution and Mortality in Six U.S. Cities

TL;DR: It is suggested that fine-particulate air pollution, or a more complex pollution mixture associated with fine particulate matter, contributes to excess mortality in certain U.S. cities.
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