Polluted air disturbs the menstrual cycles of women

A new research in the United States has linked air pollution to another health concern, finding that poor air quality can affect the menstrual cycle of teenage girls.

conducted by the University of Boston School of Medicine, the new study collected data from 34,832 women who participated in a extensive study that analyzed the health and location of participants.

The results showed that the exposure of participants to air pollution during high school was linked to a slightly older chance of irregular period cycles and a longer period of cycles to become regular in high school and adulthood.

Previous studies have already suggested that air pollution can have a negative effect on hormonal activity, potentially causing infertility, metabolic syndrome and policy ovaries syndrome.

However, this study is the first to show that exposure to air pollution among teenage girls (14-18) is associated with the regularity of the menstrual cycle, which responds to hormone adjustment.

Air pollution has also been linked to a number of other health problems, including asthma in children, high blood pressure, cardiovascular health, and even interrupted sleep.

A report published in late 2017 by the Copenhagen - based European Environment Agency also suggested that air pollution causes more than 500,000 premature deaths throughout Europe each year, despite efforts to improve air quality, while a 2015 report found that air pollution killed 9 million people in 2015.