Impact of short-term ambient air pollution exposure on the risk of severe COVID-19

Feng, Baihuan; Lian, Jiangshan; Yu, F. Richard; Zhang, Dan; Chen, Weizhen; Wang, Qi; Shen, Yifei; Xie, Guoliang; Wang, Ruonan; Teng, Yun; Liu, Bin; Zheng, Shufa; Yang, Yida; Chen, Yu

doi:10.1016/j.jes.2022.09.040

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“…Researchers demonstrated that sandstorms inject newly emerging pathogens into the atmosphere with adverse effects on urban air quality and built environments. Previous studies found that during the sandstorm events, the particulate matter (PM) and pathogenic bacterial community concentrations in the atmosphere were extremely high, posing a significant hazard to human health, as small bioaerosols (0.65-1.1 µm) remained suspended for a long time in the atmosphere [112][113][114][115]. Another important finding shows that Planetary Boundary Layer height is inversely correlated with DNCs (r = −0.70; p < 0.01) and DNDs, respectively (r = −0.72; p < 0.01).…”

Section: Meteorological Variables and Covid-19mentioning

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Linkage between Airborne Particulate Matter and Viral Pandemic COVID-19 in Bucharest

Zoran,

Savastru,

Savastru

et al. 2023

Microorganisms

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The long-distance spreading and transport of airborne particulate matter (PM) of biogenic or chemical compounds, which are thought to be possible carriers of SARS-CoV-2 virions, can have a negative impact on the incidence and severity of COVID-19 viral disease. Considering the total Aerosol Optical Depth at 550 nm (AOD) as an atmospheric aerosol loading variable, inhalable fine PM with a diameter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5) or coarse PM with a diameter ≤10 µm (PM10) during 26 February 2020–31 March 2022, and COVID-19’s five waves in Romania, the current study investigates the impact of outdoor PM on the COVID-19 pandemic in Bucharest city. Through descriptive statistics analysis applied to average daily time series in situ and satellite data of PM2.5, PM10, and climate parameters, this study found decreased trends of PM2.5 and PM10 concentrations of 24.58% and 18.9%, respectively compared to the pre-pandemic period (2015–2019). Exposure to high levels of PM2.5 and PM10 particles was positively correlated with COVID-19 incidence and mortality. The derived average PM2.5/PM10 ratios during the entire pandemic period are relatively low (<0.44), indicating a dominance of coarse traffic-related particles’ fraction. Significant reductions of the averaged AOD levels over Bucharest were recorded during the first and third waves of COVID-19 pandemic and their associated lockdowns (~28.2% and ~16.4%, respectively) compared to pre-pandemic period (2015–2019) average AOD levels. The findings of this research are important for decision-makers implementing COVID-19 safety controls and health measures during viral infections.

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Section: Meteorological Variables and Covid-19mentioning

confidence: 99%

Linkage between Airborne Particulate Matter and Viral Pandemic COVID-19 in Bucharest

Zoran,

Savastru,

Savastru

et al. 2023

Microorganisms

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Exploring the causal relationship between PM 2.5 air pollution and urban areas economic welfare and social‐wellbeing: Evidence form 15 European capitals

Andrei,

Cristea,

Nuţă

et al. 2024

Sustainable Development

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This paper aims to investigate the relationship between air pollution (PM2.5) and a collection of features related to urban areas economic welfare and social‐wellbeing based on data collected from a number of 15 European capitals, for a seven years' period (2010–2017). The empirical analysis describes the correlation between the particulate pollution and welfare features in selected urban areas. Moreover, the PM2.5 pollutions may affect the economic and social development of these areas as, both entrepreneurs and population are inclined to relocate for a healthier environment. The models emphasize aspects related to the impact of PM 2.5 on different dimensions as follows: real estate rent values and land prices, restaurants food prices, community economic development, human welfare, as well as urban traffic. From the various correlations we have also discovered that for the urban areas included in the research, at early stages urbanization has the highest impact on air pollution. The findings of this study may offer hints for decision makers for their social and economic policy options. A clean urban environment will attract more skilled employees seeking for economic, social and environmental wellbeing. If the urban agglomerations authorities will fail to mitigate properly the air pollution issues the wellbeing will decrease along with the willingness of urban population to stay in such areas.

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Health and Economic Benefits of Lowering Particulate Matter (PM) Levels: Scenarios for a Southern Brazilian Metropolis

Martins,

de Souza Eicardi,

Nogarotto

et al. 2024

Aerosol Sci Eng

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Impact of short-term ambient air pollution exposure on the risk of severe COVID-19

Cited by 9 publications

References 43 publications

Linkage between Airborne Particulate Matter and Viral Pandemic COVID-19 in Bucharest

Linkage between Airborne Particulate Matter and Viral Pandemic COVID-19 in Bucharest

Exploring the causal relationship between PM 2.5 air pollution and urban areas economic welfare and social‐wellbeing: Evidence form 15 European capitals

Health and Economic Benefits of Lowering Particulate Matter (PM) Levels: Scenarios for a Southern Brazilian Metropolis

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