Experts warn that a complex combination of rising temperatures and exposure to pollutants and chemicals could harm children's minds.
Experts from the University of Exeter have contributed to a new statement from the American Heart Association (AHA).
This statement states that global warming, maternal heat exposure, air pollutants, lead, endocrine disrupting compounds, and exposure to more than 300,000 registered synthetic chemicals are increasing the risk of heart damage in newborns, infants, children, and adolescents. We are investigating the effects on health.
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Address questions such as:
Are industrialization and rapid technological advances exposing the next generation to severe cardiovascular disorders?
Do we still doubt the reality of climate change, global warming and the effects of thousands of tons of chemicals released into the environment every day? How vulnerable are the hearts of infants and children to these environmental exposures?
The statement is was announced on Circulationis based on contributions from experts at the University of Exeter, as well as Baylor College of Medicine, Northwestern University, University of Southern California, University of Colorado, Cambridge Health Alliance, New York University, and the University of Eastern Finland.
Andrew Agbaje award-winning Physician and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Child Health at the University of Eastern Finland and honorary research fellow at the University of Exeter, said: Maternal heat exposure during pregnancy.
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„Additionally, particulate matter pollution in the air may contribute to increased incidence of Kawasaki disease and worsen the risk of congenital heart disease. Infants and children exposed to lead metal may experience high blood pressure and You are at risk for early-onset kidney disease.”
„Similarly, exposure to endocrine-disrupting chemicals, such as bisphenols and phthalates, increases the risk of hypertension and dyslipidemia, which are risk factors for early heart and blood vessel damage.“
Dr. Barbara Entle, AHA's scientific and medical advisor, summarized: Important things to know about environmental exposures and pediatric cardiology.