air pollution health Articles
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Some air pollution indicators in city of Tirana, Albania
The problematic of the stable development is very wide. Recognition of ecological aspects of stable development composes a guarantee of health in ecosystems and especially for the community. The monitoring of the air that is carried out in Tirana shows that the most important polluters continue to be the total dust LGS and respiratory dust PM 10. The average quantity of lead in the monitored air ...
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Operational short term health impact assessment of air pollution modelling system over Europe
The last decade, scientific studies have indicated an association between air pollution to which people are exposed and wide range of adverse health outcomes. We have developed a tool which is based on a model (MM5-CMAQ) running over Europe with 50 km spatial resolution, based on EMEP annual emissions, to produce a short-term forecast of the impact on health. In order to estimate the mortality ...
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Association of Self-Reported Leisure-Time Physical Inactivity with Particulate Matter 2.5 Air Pollution
This study examines the association between annual levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) and self-reported leisure-time physical inactivity (LTPI) in the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) among 63,290 survey respondents who participated in the 2001 BRFSS from 142 counties in the U.S. The average prevalence of self-reported LTPI was about 24.9% (SE = 0.3%). LTPI prevalence was ...
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Finding Air Pollution Solutions by Tracking Particulates and Gases
An estimated 95% of people live in areas where outdoor fine particulate concentrations exceed the air quality guideline of 10 µg/m3 set by the World Health Organization. Almost 60% of people live in areas where fine particulate matter exceeds even the least stringent WHO interim air quality target of 35 µg/m3. These figures are presented in the State of Global Air 2018 project, and ...
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Evaluation of air pollution, local meteorology and urban public health
The relationship between meteorological conditions and air pollution was assessed as a plausible explanation for respiratory health problems in Newark, New Jersey on the US east coast. Pollutants in both particle (PM2.5 and PM10) and gas phase (O3) were collected and analysed. We find that PM2.5 concentrations decreased by -30.8% (95% CI: -43.2%, -15.8%) when the prevailing westerly wind speeds ...
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Predicting air quality in Uberlandia, Brazil, using linear models and Neural Networks
Particulate air pollution causes a wide range of effects on human health, including disorders of the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, asthma and can cause mortality. Hence, the development of an efficient air quality forecasting and early warning system is an obvious and imperative need. The objective of this work was to investigate this forecasting possibility using linear models (such as ...
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Online Air Pollution Monitoring for Gandhinagar Smart City - Case Study
Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation monitored the city’s environmental health by installing Oizom Polludrone – Online Pollution Monitoring System. In addition to Air Quality monitoring, the Polludrone also monitored the Rain Levels to complement the weather stations. The real-time data was dispersed to the mass audience through visual messaging displays for suggestive ...
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Operational background air pollution prediction over Slovenia by QualeAria modelling system – validation
Slovenia is a country of very complex terrain and many problems with air pollution in the valleys, canyons and basins, where industrial air pollution is combined with traffic and domestic heating air pollution, giving rise to problems for the health impact and the ecosystems directly or indirectly. Among indirect effects is also effect on solar radiation budget because of photochemical smog and ...
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A Bayesian model for studying urban air pollution and respiratory symptoms in children
The association between traffic–related air pollution and long–term respiratory health problems has been extensively studied. In this work we evaluated the effect of traffic–related air pollution on respiratory symptoms in children living in Florence, Italy. Children were selected from different schools part of the Italian Studies on Respiratory Disorders in Children and the Environment 2. ...
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Working principle and application of NO2 gas sensor
A nitrogen dioxide gas sensor is an electronic device used to detect the presence of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) gas in the environment. Nitrogen dioxide is a highly toxic gas that can cause a range of health problems when inhaled, including breathing problems, lung damage and even death. NO2 gas sensors are used in a variety of applications, including air quality monitoring, environmental monitoring ...
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5 Benefits of Running an Environmentally Friendly Company
With more and more businesses setting up shop in cities, environmental campaigners are increasingly advocating companies to look at their carbon footprint. As we know, several aspects of running a company readily contribute harmful greenhouse gases. In fact, a mere 100 companies contributed 70% of global greenhouse gas emissions – in only thirty years. Discover Environmental ...
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City of London Corporation, Waste Transfer Station - Case study
Air Pollution Challenges in the Urban Supply Chain The City of London Corporation has consistently delivered innovative initiatives to improve air quality and Walbrook Wharf was one of their key initiatives. Walbrook Wharf is a large waste transfer site right on the Thames, just east of Southwark Bridge. At this site, waste from all over the authority is collected and shipped down the Thames by ...
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Indoor Air Quality Monitoring
The commercial office space market is no stranger to swiftly accommodating the needs of their tenants. In the ‘90s and 2000s, this meant amenities like gym space and cafes for workers who needed to be on-site. Now, as hybrid work models and environmentally sustainable business models become central to their customers, we’re seeing more demand for indoor air quality (IAQ) monitoring. ...
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United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) includes Breeze Technologies in Digital X Solution Catalogue
At Breeze Technologies, we are always working to provide citizens and governments around the world with easy and cost-effective access to air quality data. This is a huge challenge that we cannot achieve without partners. We are therefore very proud that our air quality management solutions have now been included in the new Digital X Solution Catalogue of the United Nations Development ...
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Air quality and ancillary benefits of climate change policies
Untitled Document This report analyses projected changes in European air quality up to 2030. It explores the possible benefits of climate policies on air quality and the costs of air pollution abatement. The results show that stringent EU climate change policies (aimed at limiting temperature rise to 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels) could: 1) improve Europe's air quality; 2) ...
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NOx Monitoring
NOx, apart from affecting human health and the environment itself, has the potential to produce “secondary pollutants” such as ozone, smog, nitric acid, and particulate matter. Also, these pollutants have negative effects on health and the environment. NOx monitoring is an efficient way to prevent the accumulation of high levels of NOx as it helps detect the amount of NOX we are ...
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