pollution exposure Articles
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Assessment of acid-base buffering properties of Flavoparmelia caperata: influence of age and pollution exposure
This paper focuses on binding sites of lichens. The aim was to investigate the extracellular ionisable functional groups or binding sites that can play a (binding) ligand's role in young (peripheral) and older (central) thallus parts of the epiphytic lichens Flavoparmelia caperata collected under different pollution load environments. Potentiometric acid-base titration was used to obtain the ...
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Are you interested in doing a PhD investigating air quality using ADMS-Urban?
CERC are supporting a PhD studentship at Nottingham University, which will investigate possible links between poor air quality, long-term illness and social deprivation. The project will explore the changing spatial and temporal distribution of PM2.5 across the City of Nottingham using available monitoring data and CERC's high-resolution urban air quality model, ADMS-Urban. These data will be ...
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Air quality assessment in Bologna by an urban dispersion model
An urban dispersion model (ADMS?Urban) was run to calculate PM10 and NO2 concentration during a one-year period, on a district of Bologna, Italy. Moreover, the exposure of 333 children was estimated using model outputs corrected with observations. The model was able to correctly simulate the long-term statistical properties of roadside observed concentrations (such as annual mean and frequency ...
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Links between noise and air pollution and socioeconomic status
Air pollution and noise pollution have a negative impact on all of society — but some groups are more affected than others. Lower socioeconomic status is generally associated with poorer health, and both air and noise pollution contribute to a wide range of other factors influencing human health. But do these health inequalities arise because of increased exposure to pollution, increased ...
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Work, Home, Outdoors
Multiple inspiring innovations are being integrated globally across the built environment to address the ongoing issue of air quality. Each year in the UK, around 40,000 deaths are attributable to exposure to outdoor air pollution. Living among busy roads and industrialised areas is creating vulnerability in the public’s health and stretching the healthcare system. In Greater Manchester ...
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Policy influence of formaldehyde exposure risk in air-conditioned office environment
Long-term measurement of indoor air quality (IAQ) over a general community could be a good approach to evaluate the influence of policy on pollutant exposure levels. However, this approach requires considerable measurement efforts and in many circumstances an updated data set will not be available. Formaldehyde is an indoor pollutant that presents a health hazard to building occupants in the long ...
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Using the exhaled breath condensate as a tool for non-invasive evaluation of pollutant exposure
The aim of the present study was to investigate whether Exhaled Breath Condensate (EBC) can be employed for a better risk assessment among human exposure to heavy metals. The objective was to develop a human bioindicator to be applicable for professional exposure that, compared with other common indicators, presents important advantages: it is non-invasive and it is easily and quickly collected. ...
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Using cytochrome P4501A1 expression in liver and blubber to understand effects of persistent organic pollutant exposure in stranded pacific island cetaceans
Elevated levels of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) have been reported in tropical Pacific Island cetaceans and their environment. In addition, recent health concerns in cetacean populations have warranted investigation into potential physiological effects from POP exposure for this region. Cytochrome P450 1A1 (CYP1A1) is a candidate for examining such effects. This well‐studied biomarker ...
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The role of air pollution in Ella Kissi-Debrah’s death – and what comes next
A landmark decision on air pollution In a landmark move, a court has ruled that air pollution made a significant contribution to the death of 9-year old Ella Kissi-Debrah. The importance of this decision is that it marks the first time a person in the UK has had air pollution listed as part of the cause of death. Coroner Philip Barlow ruled that exposure to nitrogen dioxide and particulate ...
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Future use cases for air quality data: individual health, air pollution exposure and asthma alerts
As part of the InterLuft project, we are envisioning future use cases of ubiquitous air quality data in our cities: This article is part of a series of visions of the future and thought experiments on how our surroundings might become more environmentally sensitive with the increasing availability of environmental datasets. Read on to find out more! Air pollution limits – designed to ...
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Atmospheric dispersion and individual exposure of hazardous materials. Validation and intercomparison studies
In a previous study, new approaches have been introduced in the CFD-RANS modelling, according to which the concentration time scales are estimated as a function not only of the flow turbulence time scales but also of the pollutant travel times. The new approaches have been implemented for the calculation of the concentration fluctuation dissipation time scale and the maximum individual exposure ...
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The consequences of wildfires for air quality - and why it`s important to have a real-time air monitoring network for wildfire season
Wildfires have a severe impact on air quality and, consequently, on human health. While wildfire smoke’s damage can vary depending on its composition and density across an area, research shows that it may not only have short-term damage but perhaps also a cumulative negative impact on human health. However, by recognizing the need for real-time air quality monitoring to collect data and ...
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Mapping of Air Quality Monitoring Systems to cover an area for hyperlocal data
Air quality data serves as the basis for all pollution mitigation strategies. A comprehensive air quality monitoring network provides valuable data insights to support effective air pollution management. Traditionally air quality monitoring is carried out using fixed reference-grade analyzers which are inherently very expensive. As a result, they can only be deployed in limited numbers and such ...
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How can air quality forecasting help reduce pollution exposure
It is now a well-established fact that exposure to poor air quality leads to serious health conditions. These health impacts on populations have led to a massive economic burden on economies around the world. This impact can be minimized by reducing our exposure to air pollution. We can do this by leveraging the latest technology which is available to us. One of the best ways of doing that is ...
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How can air quality forecasting help reduce pollution exposure?
It is now a well-established fact that exposure to poor air quality leads to serious health conditions. These health impacts on populations have led to a massive economic burden on economies around the world. This impact can be minimized by reducing our exposure to air pollution. We can do this by leveraging the latest technology which is available to us. One of the best ways of doing that is ...
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Dispersion models and air quality data for population exposure assessment to air pollution
Evaluating the extent of exposure to chemicals in absence of continuous measurements of their concentration in air and direct measures of personal exposure is crucial for epidemiological studies. Dispersion models can be a useful tool for reproducing spatio-temporal distribution of contaminants emitted by a specific source. However, they cannot easily be applied to short-term epidemiological ...
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Observational needs for four-dimensional air quality characterization
Surface-based monitoring programs provide the foundation for associating air pollution and causal effects in human health studies, and they support the development of air quality standards and the preparation of emission reduction strategies. While surface-oriented networks remain a key tool for addressing traditional single pollutant human exposure challenges, these networks in isolation are not ...
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Smog and Lemons - Discovering Indoor Air
Untitled Document Recent studies suggest that chemical reactions may be an important determinant of indoor air quality. This article describes the role that chemistry plays in degrading indoor air quality and provides guidance to homeowners and commercial building managers on how to prevent indoor chemistry from polluting the air they breathe. It is becoming ...
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Expression of immunoregulatory genes and its relationship to lead exposure and lead‐mediated oxidative stress in wild ungulates from an abandoned mining area
Lead (Pb) is a highly toxic metal that can induce oxidative stress and affect the immune system by modifying the expression of immunomodulator‐related genes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between Pb exposure and the transcriptional profiles of some cytokines, as well as the relationship between Pb exposure and changes in oxidative stress biomarkers observed in ...
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Future use cases for air quality data: air quality as a dimension of (re-)insurance
As part of the InterLuft project, we are envisioning future use cases of ubiquitous air quality data in our cities: This article is part of a series of visions of the future and thought experiments on how our surroundings might become more environmentally sensitive with the increasing availability of environmental datasets. Read on to find out more! (Re-)insurances companies as a powerful ...
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