Air pollution has been linked to a number health problems. By reducing air pollution levels, the World Health Organisation (WHO) says countries can reduce the burden of disease from stroke, heart disease, lung cancer, and both chronic and acute respiratory diseases, including asthma. Now, researchers have linked air pollution to poor sleep, adding that greater exposure to nitrogen dioxide and small particulates known as PM 2.5s may disrupt your sleep.
The findings showed that traffic-related air pollution known as nitrogen dioxide (NO2) caused low sleep efficiency - a measure of the percentage of time in bed spent asleep versus awake time - and increased wake time in bed. Air pollution may put you at an increased risk of stroke, heart attack! "The study indicates the possibility that commonly experienced levels of air pollution not only affect heart and lung disease but also sleep…
