Ambient Woodsmoke and Associated Respiratory Emergency Department Visits in Spokane, Washington

Schreuder, Astrid B.; Larson, Timothy V.; Sheppard, Lianne; Claiborn, Candis

doi:10.1179/oeh.2006.12.2.147

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“…In Phoenix, Arizona (Mar et al, 2006), wood combustion was associated with cardiovascular mortality, with effect estimates slightly lower than those for traffic particles. Finally, in Spokane, Washington (Schreuder et al, 2006), associations with cardiovascular mortality were of similar strength for biomass combustion and traffic. Only in a study conducted in Washington, DC (Ito et al, 2006), was no clear effect of particles from biomass combustion (or traffic) on cardiovascular health (mortality) observed.…”

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confidence: 91%

“…In some studies, the source has been associated with cardiovascular (Andersen et al, 2007;Cakmak et al, 2009;Ito et al, 2006;Yue et al, 2007) or respiratory health (Cakmak et al, 2009;Gent et al, 2009). However, there are also studies without evidence of cardiovascular (Lanki et al, 2006;Mar et al, 2006) or respiratory effects (Jacquemin et al, 2009;Lall, Ito & Thurston, 2011;Schreuder et al, 2006). Only a few of these studies were published after 2009 -that is they have not affected the formulation of the integrated science assessment.…”

Section: Epidemiological Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Consequently, evidence accumulated after 2005 on the health effects of black carbon indicates that both short-term and long-term exposures to particles in vehicle exhausts are harmful. In the more limited number of short-term studies that have been based on source apportionment, PM 2.5 from traffic has typically been found associated with cardiovascular (de Hartog et al, 2009;Cakmak et al, 2009;Lall, Ito & Thurston, 2011;Lanki et al, 2006;Mar et al, 2006;Sarnat et al, 2008;Yue et al, 2007) and respiratory heath (Cakmak et al, 2009;Gent et al, 2009;Penttinen et al, 2006;Sarnat et al, 2008), but not always (Jacquemin et al, 2009;Lall, Ito & Thurston, 2011;Schreuder et al, 2006).…”

Section: Epidemiological Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A rapid assessment of the impact of hazard reduction burning around Sydney, May 2016

Broome¹,

Johnston

Horsley

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Medical Journal of Australia

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This document presents answers to 24 questions relevant to reviewing European policies on air pollution and to addressing health aspects of these policies. The answers were developed by a large group of scientists engaged in the WHO project "Review of evidence on health aspects of air pollution -REVIHAAP". The experts reviewed and discussed the newly accumulated scientific evidence on the adverse effects on health of air pollution, formulating science-based answers to the 24 questions. Extensive rationales for the answers, including the list of key references, are provided. The review concludes that a considerable amount of new scientific information on the adverse effects on health of particulate matter, ozone and nitrogen dioxide, observed at levels commonly present in Europe, has been published in recent years. This new evidence supports the scientific conclusions of the WHO air quality guidelines, last updated in 2005, and indicates that the effects in some cases occur at air pollution concentrations lower than those serving to establish these guidelines. It also provides scientific arguments for taking decisive actions to improve air quality and reduce the burden of disease associated with air pollution in Europe.This publication arises from the project REVIHAAP and has been co-funded by the European Union. Keywords AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION -ADVERSE EFFECTS ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE GUIDELINES HEALTH POLICYAddress requests about publications of the WHO Regional Office for Europe to: Publications WHO Regional Office for Europe Scherfigsvej 8 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Alternatively, complete an online request form for documentation, health information, or for permission to quote or translate, on the Regional Office web site (http://www.euro.who.int/pubrequest). © World Health Organization 2013All rights reserved. The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full.The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate borderlines for which there may not yet be full agreement.The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters.All reasonable precautions have been taken by the World Health Organization to verify the information contained in this publication. However, the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. ...

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Section: Epidemiological Studiesmentioning

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Section: Epidemiological Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A rapid assessment of the impact of hazard reduction burning around Sydney, May 2016

Broome¹,

Johnston

Horsley

et al. 2016

Medical Journal of Australia

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“…Biomass burning can significantly affect global climate, regional air quality, visibility, ecosystems, and human health (e.g., Ramanathan et al, 2001;Seinfeld and Pandis, 2006). Residential heating with wood has been associated with adverse health effects (Boman et al, 2003;Naeher et al, 2007), and it has also been shown that biomass burning emissions contribute to respiratory hospitalizations (Schreuder et al, 2006). Quantification of biomass burning emissions is mandatory to understand the impact of this source on regional and local air quality.…”

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Online determination of levoglucosan in ambient aerosols with particle-into-liquid sampler – high-performance anion-exchange chromatography – mass spectrometry (PILS–HPAEC–MS)

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Abstract. Biomass burning, such as domestic heating, agricultural, and wild open-land fires, has a significant influence on the atmosphere at the global and, especially, at the local scale. Levoglucosan has been shown to be a good tracer for biomass burning emissions in atmospheric particulate matter, and several analytical techniques have been presented for the determination of levoglucosan from filter samples. In this paper, a novel combination of a particle-into-liquid sampler (PILS) to a high-performance anion-exchange chromatograph (HPAEC) with the detection by a mass spectrometer (MS) is presented for the online analysis of levoglucosan in ambient particles. The PILS-HPAEC-MS technique enables a fast online analysis of levoglucosan from the particulate samples. The method was tested at an urban background station in Helsinki, Finland, in winter 2011. A comparison with simultaneous levoglucosan measurements from filter samples by the HPAEC-MS was performed and it showed a good agreement between the online and offline methods. Additionally, the online levoglucosan data were compared with the biomass burning tracer fragments measured by a high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometer (HR-ToF-AMS). As there were no local biomass burning sources close to the measurement station, online levoglucosan measurements revealed that most of the particles from biomass burning were either regionally distributed or long-range transported in the urban background of Helsinki. The average levoglucosan concentrations were relatively low (average 0.083 µg m −3 ) during the measurement campaign. The highest concentration peak measured for levoglucosan (1.4 µg m −3 ) seemed to originate from biomass burning in the Baltic countries, likely in Estonia, that was transported to Helsinki.

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“…The majority of these studies have examined the impact on nearby local communities of exposures to wildfire aerosols. Associated health effects include increased emergency department visits and hospital admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bronchitis, asthma and chest pain [7,13,15,[34][35][36][37]. For example, the San Diego wildfire in October 2003 caused the daily 24 h average PM 2.5 concentrations to exceed 150 µg/m 3 , and was associated with significant increases in hospital room emergency room visits for asthma, respiratory problems, eye irritation, and smoke inhalation [38], and increased eye and respiratory symptoms, medication use and physician visits in children living in the San Diego area [30].…”

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Canadian Forest Fires and the Effects of Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Hospitalizations among the Elderly

Breysse

McDermott

et al. 2014

IJGI

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In July 2002, lightning strikes ignited over 250 fires in Quebec, Canada, destroying over one million hectares of forest. The smoke plume generated from the fires had a major impact on air quality across the east coast of the U.S. Using data from the Medicare National Claims History File and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National air pollution monitoring network, we evaluated the health impact of smoke exposure on 5.9 million elderly people (ages 65+) in the Medicare population in 81 counties in 11 northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States of the US. We estimated differences OPEN ACCESS ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2014, 3 714 in the exposure to ambient PM 2.5 -airborne particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter of ≤2.5 µm-concentrations and hospitalizations for cardiovascular, pulmonary and injury outcomes, before and during the smoke episode. We found that there was an associated 49.6% (95% confidence interval (CI), 29.8, 72.3) and 64.9% (95% CI, 44.3-88.5) increase rate of hospitalization for respiratory and cardiovascular diagnoses, respectively, when the smoke plume was present compared to before the smoke plume had arrived. Our study suggests that rapid increases in PM 2.5 concentrations resulting from wildfire smoke can impact the health of elderly populations thousands of kilometers removed from the fires.

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Ambient Woodsmoke and Associated Respiratory Emergency Department Visits in Spokane, Washington

Cited by 40 publications

References 29 publications

A rapid assessment of the impact of hazard reduction burning around Sydney, May 2016

A rapid assessment of the impact of hazard reduction burning around Sydney, May 2016

Online determination of levoglucosan in ambient aerosols with particle-into-liquid sampler – high-performance anion-exchange chromatography – mass spectrometry (PILS–HPAEC–MS)

Canadian Forest Fires and the Effects of Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Hospitalizations among the Elderly

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