Pollution characteristics and human health risk assessments of toxic metals and particle pollutants via soil and air using geoinformation in urbanized city of Pakistan

Mehmood, Khalid; Bao, Yuhai; Abbas, Roman; Saifullah, -; Petropoulos, George P.; Ahmad, Hamaad Raza; Abrar, Muhammad; Mustafa, Adnan; Abdalla, Alwaseela; Lasaridi, Katia; Fahad, Shah

doi:10.1007/s11356-021-14436-x

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“…Owing to the differences in the sources of major pollutants in different regions of China and at different times in the same region, we used data on six common air pollutant indicators in Chinese cities and selected the air quality composite indicator as a proxy variable for AP in each region. The AQI, which is calculated based on hourly concentration readings of the above six categories of pollutants, is a reliable indicator for quantitative assessment of health risks ( 20 , 21 ). The China Ambient Air Quality Standard (CAAQS) (GB 3095-2012) was implemented in 2012 after the Chinese Ministry of Environmental Protection (CMEP) announced the Ambient Air Quality Index Technical Provisions (Trial) (HJ 633-2012) ( 22 , 23 ).…”

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Exploring the relationship between air quality and health shocks to the elderly: A retrospective cross-sectional study in China

Lyu

Dong

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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MethodsWe selected 5,172 microdata on individuals from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) 2018. The binary logit model, the ordered logit model, and the stepwise regression were employed to compare the effects of air pollution on self-rated health (SRH) and activities of daily living (ADL) in an elderly population. The effects on health shocks were explored in different age groups, different gender groups, different regions and different sources of pollutants, respectively.ResultsWe found that air pollution significantly increased the risk of health shocks in the elderly population, especially in the 60–69 year age group, and the eastern/central region, where NO2 and O3 were important pollutant sources.ConclusionTargeted management of the environment is necessary to improve the health status of China's elderly population. In addition, paying attention to the health status of vulnerable populations is needed to achieve social equity.

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“…Fine particulate air pollution <2.5 μm diameter (PM 2.5 ) is only one of the main sources of AP and an air quality index that takes into account all sources of pollutants is a more appropriate proxy variable for air pollution ( 20 , 21 ). The range of the AQI is 0 to 500.…”

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Exploring the relationship between air quality and health shocks to the elderly: A retrospective cross-sectional study in China

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Dong

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Front. Public Health

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“…Therefore, soils in the urban environment are the result of anthropogenic activities. Rapid industrialization and urbanization have occurred in most parts of the world during the last decades, and have stressed the soil with a growing pool of pollutants from different sources, posing a significant risk to humans and ecosystem [ 21 , 22 ]. The difference between soil pollution and air and water pollution lies in the fact that, in the first case, the pollutants remain for a long time in direct contact with the soil.…”

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Exploring Soil Pollution Patterns Using Self-Organizing Maps

Guagliardi

Astel

Cicchella

2022

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The geochemical composition of bedrock is the key feature determining elemental concentrations in soil, followed by anthropogenic factors that have less impact. Concerning the latter, harmful effects on the trophic chain are increasingly affecting people living in and around urban areas. In the study area of the present survey, the municipalities of Cosenza and Rende (Calabria, southern Italy), topsoil were collected and analysed for 25 elements by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) in order to discriminate the different possible sources of elemental concentrations and define soil quality status. Statistical and geostatistical methods were applied to monitoring the concentrations of major oxides and minor elements, while the Self-Organizing Maps (SOM) algorithm was used for unsupervised grouping. Results show that seven clusters were identified—(I) Cr, Co, Fe, V, Ti, Al; (II) Ni, Na; (III) Y, Zr, Rb; (IV) Si, Mg, Ba; (V) Nb, Ce, La; (VI) Sr, P, Ca; (VII) As, Zn, Pb—according to soil elemental associations, which are controlled by chemical and mineralogical factors of the study area parent material and by soil-forming processes, but with some exceptions linked to anthropogenic input.

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Carcinogenic and human health risk assessment of children’s and adults’ exposure to toxic metal(oid)s from air PM10 in critical sites of the Republic of Serbia

Gladović

Petrović

Javorac

et al. 2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Pollution characteristics and human health risk assessments of toxic metals and particle pollutants via soil and air using geoinformation in urbanized city of Pakistan

Cited by 13 publications

References 64 publications

Exploring the relationship between air quality and health shocks to the elderly: A retrospective cross-sectional study in China

Exploring the relationship between air quality and health shocks to the elderly: A retrospective cross-sectional study in China

Exploring Soil Pollution Patterns Using Self-Organizing Maps

Carcinogenic and human health risk assessment of children’s and adults’ exposure to toxic metal(oid)s from air PM10 in critical sites of the Republic of Serbia

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