Air pollution exposure linked to severe COVID-19 risk, Spanish study finds

Study identified increased hospitalizations and ICU admissions among COVID-19 patients with higher air pollution exposure, with greater impact on vulnerable populations.

A Spanish study of nearly 10,000 adults in Catalonia has drawn a measurable line between the air people breathe over years and how severely COVID-19 strikes them when it arrives. Published in November 2021, the research found that long-term exposure to nitrogen dioxide and fine particulate matter correlated with greater viral burden, more hospitalizations, and more ICU admissions among those infected — with the heaviest toll falling on older men and those living in economic hardship. The findings deepen an old truth: that disease does not visit all people equally, and that the conditions of a

Air pollution exposure linked to severe COVID-19 risk, Spanish study finds

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