Indoor exposure to particles emitted by biomass-burning heating systems and evaluation of dose and lung cancer risk received by population

Stabile, Luca; Buonanno, Giorgio; Avino, Pasquale; Frattolillo, Andrea; Guerriero, Ettore

doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2017.12.055

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“…Over the last five years, several papers were published on residential IAQ: the authors would like to highlight the main papers of interest. Different research groups dealt the problems related to wood or biomass burning, evidencing the emissions and the related risk assessment [59][60][61]. Particular attention has been addressed to hospitals and healing places for defining protocol for inpatient rooms, to understand the state-of-the-art research and for suggesting design and management strategies for improving process quality [62,63].…”

Section: Rapp Istisanmentioning

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Indoor Air Quality: A Focus on the European Legislation and State-of-the-Art Research in Italy

Settimo¹,

Manigrasso

Avino

2020

Atmosphere

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has always stressed the importance of indoor air quality (IAQ) and the potential danger of pollutants emitted from indoor sources; thus, it has become one of the main determinants for health. In recent years, reference documents and guidelines have been produced on many pollutants in order to: i) decrease their impact on human health (as well as the number of pollutants present in indoor environments), and ii) regulate the relevant levels of chemicals that can be emitted from the various materials. The aim of this paper is to discuss and compare the different legislations present in the European Union (EU). Furthermore, a focus of this paper will be dedicated at Italian legislation, where there is currently no specific reference to IAQ. Although initiatives in the pre-regulatory sector have multiplied, a comprehensive and integrated policy on the issue is lacking. Pending framework law for indoor air quality, which takes into account WHO indications, the National Study Group (GdS) on Indoor Air Pollution by the Italian Institute of Health (IIS) is committed to providing shared technical-scientific documents in order to allow actions harmonized at a national level. An outlook of the main Italian papers published during these last five years will be reported and discussed.

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confidence: 99%

Indoor Air Quality: A Focus on the European Legislation and State-of-the-Art Research in Italy

Settimo¹,

Manigrasso

Avino

2020

Atmosphere

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“…However, they are unlikely to maintain their starting sizes, due to the high tendency to coagulate/accumulate. UFPs can derive from autovehicular traffic emissions Marini et al, 2015), from the use of fuels used in different types of heating systems (Stabile et al, 2018;Jiang et al, 2019), as well as from the oil industry and other industrial processes (Fernández-Camacho et al, 2012;Borrow et al, 2018;Wang et al, 2018), including incineration and waste treatment plants (Buonanno et al, 2010(Buonanno et al, , 2011Buonanno & Morawska, 2015;). In recent years, a growing number of studies have reported UFP concentration values expressed as the number of particles per cubic centimeter; in most cases, where the aerosol size distribution was reported, it was found that UFPs represented the most conspicuous part in terms of numerical concentration (Manigrasso & Avino, 2012;Manigrasso et al, 2013).…”

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The importance of measuring ultrafine particles in urban air quality monitoring in small cities

Notardonato¹,

Manigrasso²,

Pierno³

et al. 2019

Geographica Pannonica

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The air quality monitoring is based on the determination of some gaseous pollutants and PM10 and PM 2.5 . Recent studies have reported the importance of the determination aerosol fraction below 1 µm both for the dynamic of the airborne and for the public health issue. This paper would like to investigate the importance of this fraction in the air quality monitoring. Further, a particular focus will be devoted the role of the Ultrafine Particles, i.e. particles below 100 nm, in the aerosol formation and in the human exposure. Two case studies will be presented and discussed on how the submicron particles can be determined and interpreted their role. In the first case, the measurements will be performed in downtown Rieti, city located in central Italy, 100 km North from Rome, with the scope to draw the behavior in relationship to the emission flexes. In the second scenario, the personal exposure of pedestrians will be investigated in Venafro, a small city located 150 km South-East Rome, by means of measuring PMx, total submicron fraction, different aerosol dimensional sizes in the range 5-360 nm along with the total Volatile Compounds. The different sources and contributions affecting the aerosol levels in the two areas will be investigated and extensively discussed as well as the role of the such particles in the aerosols science.

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“…Moreover, a growing body of literature (WHO, 2015;Sigsgaard et al, 2015;Hystad et al, 2019;Tamire et al, 2019) , 2010). Its effect is strictly related to the toxic compounds attached to the particle surface, since toxic compounds such as PAHs and dioxins/furans, heavy metals may be easily carried into the lungs (Stabile et al, 2018). This hypothesis is supported by recent epidemiological and toxicological ndings from several studies (Capistrano et al, 2017;Assad et al, 2016).…”

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confidence: 84%

Environmental effects from the use of traditional biomass for heating in rural areas: a case study of Anogeia, Crete

Savvakis

Tournaki

Tarasi

et al. 2021

Environ Dev Sustain

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In several European rural communities, woody biomass is considered amongst the most important energy sources for heating and cooking. However, the use of old-fashioned replaces may affect indoor and outdoor air quality. To depict this situation and to plan the necessary improvement interventions, a pilot action was implemented in a typical mountainous Mediterranean area (town of Anogeia, Crete). The action involved: (i) identi cation of the quantities, use and source of the woody biomass used in the community based on the analysis of data collected through a systematic survey; (ii) on-site indoor and outdoor measurements of air quality (CO 2 , CO, NO X , PM), during wintertime and summertime. Based on the current survey, around 70% of the study area households in Anogeia using woody biomass for heating purposes in low energy e ciency systems resulted in high annual consumption of rewood.Fifty-three per cent of occupants didn't consider indoor air quality as a result of wood burning. The analysis of the air quality showed very high concentrations of indoor air pollutants in the majority of old buildings with seniors using traditional heating systems. The type of main/supplementary heating system used in a dwelling depends on factors such as the size of the dwelling, year of construction, education level and age of occupants. The results also demonstrate a strong correlation/liaison between the heating season (summertime/wintertime), and the (signi cant increase in the) concentrations of air pollutants in the sampling sites.

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Indoor exposure to particles emitted by biomass-burning heating systems and evaluation of dose and lung cancer risk received by population

Cited by 44 publications

References 49 publications

Indoor Air Quality: A Focus on the European Legislation and State-of-the-Art Research in Italy

Indoor Air Quality: A Focus on the European Legislation and State-of-the-Art Research in Italy

The importance of measuring ultrafine particles in urban air quality monitoring in small cities

Environmental effects from the use of traditional biomass for heating in rural areas: a case study of Anogeia, Crete

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