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Adverse effects of indoor air pollution on child health to be investigated in first ever UK review

The potentially harmful impact of indoor air pollution on children is to be the subject of a major study for the first time in the UK, with experts saying it needs to be taken as seriously as outdoor pollutants. A new working group, led by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in […]

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
June 21, 2018
in Environment, News

The potentially harmful impact of indoor air pollution on children is to be the subject of a major study for the first time in the UK, with experts saying it needs to be taken as seriously as outdoor pollutants.

A new working group, led by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) in collaboration with the Royal College of Physicians (RCP), has been established to study the effects of indoor air pollution on child health and what can be done to combat it.

Evidence of the adverse effects of indoor air pollution on health, especially in pregnancy and children, has grown over the last 10 years. It is known to increase individuals’ risk of:

  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Lung cancer
  • Other cancers

Together, outdoor and indoor air pollution are directly linked with pneumonia and other respiratory diseases that account for almost one in 10 deaths in the under five age group, making air pollution one of the leading dangers to children’s health.

More than two million healthy life years are being lost across the European Union (EU) annually, and there are over 9,000 deaths a year due to indoor air pollution according to latest studies

Professor Stephen Holgate, Co-Chair of the Indoor Air Quality Working Group and special adviser to the RCP on air quality, said: “The adverse health consequences on children of outdoor air pollution are now well established and are influencing policies to reduce exposure. However, since children spend 80% of their time indoors and with increasing drives to conserve heat with the “sealing” of homes, pollution exposure indoors becomes a major issue for children’s health and development.

“This project is the first of its type. The working group will review the best evidence available to help identify the problem and provide clear advice for the public and industry to prevent and minimise harmful effects on this vulnerable group”.

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The report, due to be published in autumn 2019, will provide practical recommendations to Government on what can be done to reduce indoor air pollution. This will include looking at steps such as adjusting ventilation, filtering air and controlling indoor sources of pollution. It’s believed that all three approaches can substantially reduce the health risks by between 20-44%.

Professor Jonathan Grigg, a paediatric respiratory consultant and Co-Chair of the Working Group, said:“The potential for indoor-generated air pollution to cause major health effects in children cannot now be ignored. In this working group, we will therefore explore in more depth how indoor air pollution affects vulnerable groups, and how its health effects can be prevented. We will not only consider obvious pollutants such as those generated in cooking and heating, but also environments associated with social deprivation that increase the amount of mould spores in the indoor air. For example, in England, the proportion of households living in a dwelling with damp is 3 times higher for those in the lowest income group, compared with those in the highest income group.

“Indoor air pollution needs to be taken as seriously as outdoor air pollution.”

Pollution kills more than 50,000 people in Britain every year

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