Everything is Connected –
September 26, 2019 – Previous evidence had linked harmful particulate matter with an increase in psychiatric disorders in adults, so researchers wanted to see if they had the same impact on children. They examined psychiatric patient visits at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center over a period of five years. They chose to zero in on the fine particulate matter PM2.5, which can lodge into lungs and subsequently into other organs and the bloodstream. When a patient checked into the hospital, they attempted to trace the matter back to the residential area where they lived. What they discovered is that when there were increases in PM2.5, the number of psychiatric visits would increase over the next few days.
