Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

So the question for this episode is, is the evidence that they put out, is that strong enough to put pollution on the suicide prevention list? And what should we actually worry about? So let's take a look at the article.

Jones and colleagues at the Queen's University Belfast in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health in September of 2026 published this article.

It is a systematic review of 45 studies, 29 of them combined into a meta-analysis.

The pollution exposures that were measured were air pollution, noise pollution, light pollution, and water pollution.

Here's what it says from Medical Express.

Exposure to air pollutants, especially small particulate matter, And nitrogen dioxide, NO2, may heighten the risk of death by suicide, and suicidal thoughts suggest a pool data analysis published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

Whoa.

One more thing we know that can adversely harm us from the air we breathe.