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A recent study found that children who grow up in greener environments have higher lung ... green areas,” says Amanda Fernandes, another study author and ISGlobal researcher. The proximity of ...

Your children's proximity to green ... higher lung function than others. While this was found across socioeconomic status, lung function was even higher for children with high-income backgrounds.

More information: Fuyan Ding et al, Methylene blue mitigates lung injury in HCA rats by regulating macrophage pyroptosis via Nrf2/HO-1 and NLRP3 pathways, Biomolecules and Biomedicine (2025). DOI ...

It found a “robust” link between exposure to green spaces in ... Though better lung function was seen in children from all socioeconomic backgrounds, the effect was stronger in those from ...