A recently published study by researchers at NYU Langone Health revealed that the closure of a source of major fossil fuel pollution in the Pittsburgh area led to immediate improvements in respiratory health, with respiratory-related visits to the emergency room decreasing by 20%.

The findings , published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine on July 22, indicate that reductions in fossil-fuel-related air pollution are linked to both short- and long-term lung health benefits.

“We got into this because we were informed by people at the Heinz Endowment that this closure had happened and they were interested in learning if any health benefits accrued,” George Thurston, Sc.D., a professor in the Departments of Medicine and Population Health at the NYU Grossman

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