Air pollution                                                                                             3page

 ・What is air pollution?

 ・Effect of air pollution on health

・The situation in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture

 

The actual status of damage as clarified from 501 patients(victims of air-pollution)                                                                                                   5page

・501 is an unprecedented cohort for such an investigation

・Pollution continues:the ongoing presence of patients designated as pollution victims

・Pain of the patient:for 24 hours, 365days per year

・The average life expectancy is low, on average shortened by 5 years in men and 7 years in women

・Aggravated illness:respiratory illness and aging

・About the meaning, problems, and new efforts of this investigation

 

Health damage caused by pollution, clarified by autopsy cases     9page

・Understanding more detailed pathophysiological conditions from autopsy case studies

・Analysis of pulmonary emphysema and lung cancer

・More pulmonary emphysema in morbid-anatomy than in clinical diagnoses

・Increased incidence of lung cancer among pollution-affected

patients,indicating an assciation between lung cancer and air pollution

・Further subjects of future investigation: effects of benzene and PM2.5 on health