A review documented environmental exposures during newborn ambulance transport. Few studies linked those exposures to physiological effects, leaving uncertainty about how noise, vibration, and temperature changes affect transported newborns.
Systematic review of 15 observational studies.2025
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The review documented noise, vibration, and temperature conditions during newborn transport, alongside measurements of newborn physiology and behavior. However, only a small subset of articles reported the effects of environmental factors on physiology. The evidence raises questions about transport conditions but does not establish how much these exposures affect newborn health or which changes would improve outcomes.
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Higher pollution exposure was linked to lower breathing-test measurements in adults. Evidence certainty differed by pollutant and outcome; associations alone do not establish causation.
Systematic review of 27 articles; 12 contributed to meta-analyses.2025
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The review linked higher long-term air pollution exposure with lower adult lung function measurements. For nitrogen dioxide, evidence certainty was high for total forced exhaled volume but low for the amount exhaled in the first second. These are breathing-test associations, rather than proof that a particular exposure caused disease or that reducing it produced a measured benefit.
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Bright blue light tended to lower a heart rhythm marker, while dimmer warm light sometimes raised it. Every included study had high risk of bias.
Systematic review of 25 studies of visible light exposure.2025
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Across healthy and clinical populations, brighter blue light generally tracked with lower values of a heart rhythm marker, while dimmer warm-colored light showed potential for higher values. Findings were inconsistent, and every study had high risk of bias. The review therefore does not establish a reliable clinical benefit from a particular light exposure.
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Researchers linked genetic variation to differences within identical twin pairs in psychiatric and developmental traits. The findings explore environmental sensitivity, but do not establish causes or individual predictions.
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies using differences within identical twin pairs.2025
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A genetic analysis of identical twins searched for links between genetic variation and differences within pairs in psychiatric and developmental traits. It identified associations relevant to possible differences in environmental sensitivity. However, estimates of the genetic contribution were imprecise, and some analyses had limited statistical power. The findings do not establish which exposures caused differences or predict an individual's outcome.
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In children and adolescents, higher exposure to several fine-particle pollution components was associated with asthma and poorer lung function. These associations do not establish causation, and some reported measurement scales are unclear.
Systematic review and meta-analysis of studies examining pollution exposure associations.2025
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The review links long-term exposure to organic carbon, ammonium and black carbon with childhood asthma, and reports associations between some components and lower lung function. Short-term exposure was also linked to asthma admissions. These are exposure associations, and the abstract does not establish that any individual component caused the outcomes or rank their causal importance.
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A review of human population research linked green spaces with lower mortality and several other favourable outcomes. Findings varied by outcome, and the associations cannot establish that these environments caused better health.
Umbrella review, meaning a review of meta-analyses that had already combined results from population studies.2025
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Across existing research summaries, exposure to green spaces was associated with lower mortality from all causes and cardiovascular disease, alongside several other favourable outcomes. Blue spaces were linked with lower obesity rates and better psychological well-being. However, findings for cancer, asthma, and allergic rhinitis were mixed, and these observational associations do not demonstrate causation.
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Meta-analysis · Scand J Med Sci Sports · 2026. Source record refreshed; an explanation has not been reviewed.
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Systematic review · Asian Pac J Allergy Immunol · 2025. Source record refreshed; an explanation has not been reviewed.
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Meta-analysis · Ecotoxicol Environ Saf · 2025. Source record refreshed; an explanation has not been reviewed.
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