{"id":4855,"date":"2025-08-06T12:55:23","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/?p=4855"},"modified":"2025-08-06T12:56:36","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T16:56:36","slug":"air-purifiers-may-reduce-heart-risks-for-people-exposed-to-traffic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/2025\/08\/06\/air-purifiers-may-reduce-heart-risks-for-people-exposed-to-traffic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Purifiers May Reduce Heart Risks for People Exposed to Traffic Pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"134\"><a href=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2023\/11\/Doug-Brugge_website-size.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2023\/11\/Doug-Brugge_website-size.jpg\" alt=\"Doug Brugge\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4011\" srcset=\"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2023\/11\/Doug-Brugge_website-size.jpg 200w, https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/232\/2023\/11\/Doug-Brugge_website-size-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"134\"><em>Lead study author Douglas Brugge, chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn School of Medicine (UConn Photo).<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"60\" data-end=\"134\"><span class=\"relative -mx-px my-[-0.2rem] rounded px-px py-[0.2rem] transition-colors duration-100 ease-in-out\">Researchers at UConn Health are studying whether <strong data-start=\"49\" data-end=\"75\">portable air purifiers<\/strong> can help reduce <strong data-start=\"92\" data-end=\"115\">heart-related risks<\/strong> for people frequently exposed to <strong data-start=\"149\" data-end=\"182\">traffic-related air pollution<\/strong>, especially <strong data-start=\"195\" data-end=\"218\">ultrafine particles<\/strong> near busy roadways. Prior studies have shown that short-term exposure indoors to such pollutants can raise blood pressure. In controlled settings, using high-efficiency air filters significantly reduced those effects, suggesting potential cardiovascular benefits. The goal now is to assess whether similar benefits occur in real-world home environments.<\/span><span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"\" data-state=\"closed\"><span class=\"ms-1 inline-flex max-w-full items-center relative top-[-0.094rem] animate-[show_150ms_ease-in]\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"308\">Curious to learn more about this important research and how everyday air purification might reduce health risks from traffic pollution?<br \/>\n<strong data-start=\"277\" data-end=\"307\">Read the full article here<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/08\/air-purifiers-may-reduce-heart-risks-for-people-exposed-to-traffic-pollution\/\"> https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2025\/08\/air-purifiers-may-reduce-heart-risks-for-people-exposed-to-traffic-pollution\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lead study author Douglas Brugge, chair, Department of Public Health Sciences, UConn School of Medicine (UConn Photo). Researchers at UConn Health are studying whether portable air purifiers can help reduce heart-related risks for people frequently exposed to traffic-related air pollution, especially ultrafine particles near busy roadways. Prior studies have shown that short-term exposure indoors to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3717,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-30 03:34:09","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4855"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4856,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4855\/revisions\/4856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/public-health-sciences\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}