Linking Air Quality and Human Health Effects Models: An Application to the Los Angeles Air Basin

Stewart, Devoun; Saunders, Emily; Perea, Roberto; Fitzgerald, Rosa M.; Campbell, David E.; Stockwell, William R.

doi:10.1177/1178630217737551

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“…Reported human health risks from the inhalation of ozone include irritations, chest pain, throat irritations, cough and congestion. Other worse conditions include bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, reduction of lung function ( Stewart et al., 2017 ; Zhang et al., 2019 ). Plants are also not left behind in the adverse environmental effects of ozone as it inhibits plants activities of opening and closing of stomata thereby affecting respiration and photosynthesis ( Emberson et al., 2018 ; IDNR, 2020 ).…”

Section: Common Anthropogenic Air Pollutants: Sources and Adverse Effmentioning

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Drivers of anthropogenic air emissions in Nigeria - A review

Okedere

Elehinafe

Oyelami

et al. 2021

Heliyon

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This study presents a review of sources and atmospheric levels of anthropogenic air emissions in Nigeria with a view to reviewing the existence or otherwise of national coordination aimed at mitigating the continued increase. According to individual researcher's reports, the atmospheric loading of anthropogenic air pollutants is currently on an alarming increase in Nigeria. Greater concerns are premised on the inadequacy existing emission inventories, continuous assessment, political will and development of policy plans for effective mitigation of these pollutants. The identified key drivers of these emissions include gas flaring, petroleum product refining, thermal plants for electricity generation, transportation, manufacturing sector, land use changes, proliferation of small and medium enterprises, medical wastes incineration, municipal waste disposal, domestic cooking, bush burning and agricultural activities such as land cultivation and animal rearing. Having identified the key sources of anthropogenic air emissions and established the rise in their atmospheric levels through aggregation of literature reports, this study calls for a review of energy policy, adoption of best practices in the management air emissions and solid wastes as well as agriculture and land use pattern which appear to be the rallying points of all identified sources of emission. The study concluded that the adoption of cleaner energy policies and initiatives in energy generation and usage as against pursuit of thermal plants and heavy dependence on fossil fuels will assist to ameliorate the atmospheric loadings of these pollutants.

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Section: Common Anthropogenic Air Pollutants: Sources and Adverse Effmentioning

confidence: 99%

Drivers of anthropogenic air emissions in Nigeria - A review

Okedere

Elehinafe

Oyelami

et al. 2021

Heliyon

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“…Several epidemiologic research studies state numerous adverse health effects associated with air quality, such as premature death, respiratory, and cardiovascular disease [34]. Air quality assumes a significant responsibility in human exposure to pollutants and is particularly relevant for specific groups such as older adults, students, and people with disabilities [35].…”

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Internet of Things and Enhanced Living Environments: Measuring and Mapping Air Quality Using Cyber-physical Systems and Mobile Computing Technologies

Marques

Miranda

Bhoi

et al. 2020

Sensors

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This paper presents a real-time air quality monitoring system based on Internet of Things. Air quality is particularly relevant for enhanced living environments and well-being. The Environmental Protection Agency and the World Health Organization have acknowledged the material impact of air quality on public health and defined standards and policies to regulate and improve air quality. However, there is a significant need for cost-effective methods to monitor and control air quality which provide modularity, scalability, portability, easy installation and configuration features, and mobile computing technologies integration. The proposed method allows the measuring and mapping of air quality levels considering the spatial-temporal information. This system incorporates a cyber-physical system for data collection and mobile computing software for data consulting. Moreover, this method provides a cost-effective and efficient solution for air quality supervision and can be installed in vehicles to monitor air quality while travelling. The results obtained confirm the implementation of the system and present a relevant contribution to enhanced living environments in smart cities. This supervision solution provides real-time identification of unhealthy behaviours and supports the planning of possible interventions to increase air quality.

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“…Moreover, various tools/software such as AirQ, BenMap, AirQ+, etc. have been developed to understand the health impacts of air pollution [30,31]. Different air pollutants (PM 2.5 , PM 10 , NO 2 , and O 3 ) can be used as input to these tools to derive acute and chronic health outcomes of air pollution exposure.…”

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Cookstove Smoke Impact on Ambient Air Quality and Probable Consequences for Human Health in Rural Locations of Southern Nepal

Adhikari

Mahapatra

Pokheral

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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Residential emission from traditional biomass cookstoves is a major source of indoor and outdoor air pollution in developing countries. However, exact quantification of the contribution of biomass cookstove emissions to outdoor air is still lacking. In order to address this gap, we designed a field study to estimate the emission factors of PM2.5 (particulate matter of less than 2.5 µ diameter) and BC (black carbon) indoors, from cookstove smoke using biomass fuel and with smoke escaping outdoors from the roof of the house. The field study was conducted in four randomly selected households in two rural locations of southern Nepal during April 2017. In addition, real-time measurement of ambient PM2.5 was performed for 20 days during the campaign in those two rural sites and one background location to quantify the contribution of cooking-related emissions to the ambient PM2.5. Emission factor estimates indicate that 66% of PM2.5 and 80% of BC emissions from biomass cookstoves directly escape into ambient air. During the cooking period, ambient PM2.5 concentrations in the rural sites were observed to be 37% higher than in the nearby background location. Based on the World Health Organization (WHO)’s AirQ+ model simulation, this 37% rise in ambient PM2.5 during cooking hours can lead to approximately 82 cases of annual premature deaths among the rural population of Chitwan district.

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Linking Air Quality and Human Health Effects Models: An Application to the Los Angeles Air Basin

Cited by 38 publications

References 47 publications

Drivers of anthropogenic air emissions in Nigeria - A review

Drivers of anthropogenic air emissions in Nigeria - A review

Internet of Things and Enhanced Living Environments: Measuring and Mapping Air Quality Using Cyber-physical Systems and Mobile Computing Technologies

Cookstove Smoke Impact on Ambient Air Quality and Probable Consequences for Human Health in Rural Locations of Southern Nepal

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