Health risks for the population living near petrochemical industrial complexes. 2. Adverse health outcomes other than cancer

Marquès, Montse; Domingo, José L.; Nadal, Martí; Schuhmacher, Marta

doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139122

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“…In addition, in a linear relationship, the viruses would survive longer and could become more aggressive in an immune system already aggravated by the air pollutants themselves. Individuals residing in zones with high concentrations of air pollutants are more prone to develop respiratory diseases (Marquès et al, 2020) and suitable to viral infections (Xie et al, 2019). Pollution impairs the first line of defense of upper airways, mainly cilia .…”

Section: Air Pollution and Covid-19mentioning

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Effects of air pollutants on the transmission and severity of respiratory viral infections

Domingo

Rovira

2020

Environmental Research

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Particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, ozone, carbon monoxide, volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are among the outdoor air pollutants that are major factors in diseases, causing especially adverse respiratory effects in humans. On the other hand, the role of respiratory viruses in the pathogenesis of severe respiratory infections is an issue of great importance. The present literature review was aimed at assessing the potential effects of air pollutants on the transmission and severity of respiratory viral infections. We have reviewed the scientific literature regarding the association of outdoor air pollution and respiratory viruses on respiratory diseases. Evidence supports a clear association between air concentrations of some pollutants and human respiratory viruses interacting to adversely affect the respiratory system. Given the undoubted importance and topicality of the subject, we have paid special attention to the association between air pollutants and the transmission and severity of the effects caused by the coronavirus named SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19. Although to date, and by obvious reasons, the number of studies on this issue are still scarce, most results indicate that chronic exposure to air pollutants delays/complicates recovery of patients of COVID-19 and leads to more severe and lethal forms of this disease. This deserves immediate and in-depth experimental investigations.

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Effects of air pollutants on the transmission and severity of respiratory viral infections

Domingo

Rovira

2020

Environmental Research

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“…37 People living in zones with high concentrations of air pollutants are more susceptible to respiratory diseases. 38 In this study, only Kolkata and Delhi showed significant relationship of AQI with COVID-19 incidence with a statistically significant R 2 value. Moreover, these two cities also have a significantly higher level of pollution in both the period.…”

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Does Air Quality Influence the Spread of the SARS - COV2 in Metropolitan Cities? - A Case Study from Urban India

Basu¹,

Das²,

Gupta³

et al. 2021

Curr. World Environ

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COVID 19 pandemic has gradually established itself as the worst pandemic in the last hundred years around the world after initial outbreak in China, including India. To prevent the spread of the infection the Government implemented lockdown measure initially from 24th March to 14th April, 2020 which was later extended to 3rd May, 2020. This lockdown imposed restrictions in human activities, vehicular movements and industrial functioning; resulting in reduced pollution level in the cities. This study was initiated with the objective to identify the change in the air quality of seven megacities in India and to determine any correlation between the active COVID cases with the air quality parameters. Air quality dataset of the most common parameters (PM2.5, PM10, SO2, NO2, NH3, CO and Ozone) along with air quality index for 70 stations of seven megacities (Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and Chandigarh) were analysed. Comparison was made between AQI of pre lockdown and during lockdown periods. The results obtained indicate sufficient improvement in air quality during the period of the lockdown. For the next part of the study active COVID cases during the lockdown were compared to the air quality change of that period. A significant correlation between active COVID case and change in the air quality was observed for Delhi and Kolkata with 0.51 and 0.64 R2 values respectively. A positive correlation was also observed between air pollutant parameters and incidents of COVID cases in this study. Thus from the analysis it was identified that air quality index improved considerably as a result of the nationwide lockdown however, there was no significant impact of this improvement on the infection rate of the prevailing pandemic.

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“…Based on previous literature data about adverse health effects related to living near chemical/petrochemical complexes, participants were divided into two groups: living near (≤ 10 km) or far (> 10 km) the petrochemical complex [6, 24, 25]. An online survey ( Petrocovid Survey -PS-see Tables 1 and 2) was used to obtain the data.…”

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Does living close to petrochemical complex increase the adverse psychological effects of COVID-19 lockdown?

Vicens

Heredia

Pérez

et al. 2020

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The petrochemical industry has made possible the economic development of many local communities, increasing the employment opportunities and generating a complex network of secondary industries closely related to those. However, it is known that petrochemical industries emit air pollutants, which are related to different negative effects on mental health. In addition, many people around the world are being exposed to highly stressful situations derived from the COVID-19 pandemic and the lockdown adopted by the national and regional governments. The present study was aimed at analysing the possible differential effects on different psychological outcomes (stress, anxiety, depression and emotional regulation strategies) derived from the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent lockdown in individuals living near an important petrochemical complex and subjects living in other areas, non-exposed to the characteristic environmental pollutants emitted by this kind of complexes. The sample was composed by 1607 subjects which respond a questionnaire developed ad hoc about the confinement conditions, the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), the Barratt Impulsivity Scale (BIS) and the Emotional Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ). The results indicated that people living closer to petrochemical complexes reported greater risk perception. However, no significant relationships between psychological variables and proximity to the focus were detected when compared people living near to or far away from a chemical/petrochemical complex. Regarding the adverse psychological effects of the first lockdown due to COVID-19 on the general population in Catalonia, we can conclude that the lockdown conditions included in this survey were mainly related to changes in the impulsivity levels of participants. However, we can also suggest that the economic effects are going to be harder than those initially detected in this study. More studies are necessary to corroborate our results.Author ContributionsConceptualization: Paloma Vicens, Luis Heredia, José L. Domingo, Margarita TorrenteFunding Acquisition: José L. DomingoData Curation and Formal Analysis: Paloma Vicens, Luis Heredia, Edgar Bustamante, Yolanda Pérez, Margarita TorrenteMethodology: Paloma Vicens, Luis Heredia, Margarita TorrenteWriting-original draft: Paloma Vicens, Luis HerediaWriting- review and editing: Paloma Vicens, Luis Heredia, Yolanda Pérez, José L. Domingo, Margarita Torrente

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Health risks for the population living near petrochemical industrial complexes. 2. Adverse health outcomes other than cancer

Cited by 65 publications

References 71 publications

Effects of air pollutants on the transmission and severity of respiratory viral infections

Effects of air pollutants on the transmission and severity of respiratory viral infections

Does Air Quality Influence the Spread of the SARS - COV2 in Metropolitan Cities? - A Case Study from Urban India

Does living close to petrochemical complex increase the adverse psychological effects of COVID-19 lockdown?

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