Ryan Patrick H, Newman Nicholas, Yolton Kimberly, Meinzen-Derr Jareen, Glauser Tracy, Cheng Tina L
Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
Pediatr Res. 2024 Dec;96(7):1532-1534. doi: 10.1038/s41390-024-03559-9. Epub 2024 Sep 6.
This month’s article “Exposure to Air Pollution and Cardiovascular Risk in Young Children – a Pilot Project” reports novel findings that young children exposed to low levels of air pollution have early indicators of vascular damage. These results add to our understanding of the wide-ranging health effects of air pollution exposure and serve as a reminder that children are highly vulnerable to environmental exposures. All children deserve healthy environments that promote their physical and mental development, but the consequences of climate change threaten this right. Extreme weather, heat, wildfires, flooding, infectious disease, and other climate change effects have wide-ranging impact on human health with children likely to bear the highest burden of disease due to climate change. The pediatric research community should meet the urgent need for solutions to this crisis by engaging in research that identifies effective strategies to address the health effects caused by current and future climate change to protect the health of children and future generations.
本月的文章《幼儿暴露于空气污染与心血管风险——一个试点项目》报告了新的研究发现，即暴露于低水平空气污染的幼儿有血管损伤的早期指标。这些结果增进了我们对空气污染暴露广泛健康影响的理解，并提醒我们儿童极易受到环境暴露的影响。所有儿童都应享有促进其身心健康发展的健康环境，但气候变化的后果威胁到这一权利。极端天气、高温、野火、洪水、传染病以及其他气候变化影响对人类健康有着广泛影响，儿童可能因气候变化而承受最高的疾病负担。儿科研究界应通过开展研究来满足应对这一危机的迫切需求，该研究要确定有效的策略，以应对当前和未来气候变化对健康造成的影响，从而保护儿童和子孙后代的健康。
