Air Pollution - Human Health Effects

1971 ◽  
pp. 97-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard L. Masters
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Human Health Effects

scholarly journals Human health effects of traffic-related air pollution (TRAP): a scoping review protocol

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlyn J. Matz ◽  
Marika Egyed ◽  
Robyn Hocking ◽  
Shayesta Seenundun ◽  
Nick Charman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Scoping Review ◽  
Review Protocol ◽  
Human Health Effects

scholarly journals Reactive nitrogen compounds and their influence on human health: an overview

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rolf Nieder ◽  
Dinesh K. Benbi
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Crop Yields ◽  
Stratospheric Ozone ◽  
Critical Role ◽  
Ultra Violet ◽  
Reactive Nitrogen ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Human Health Effects

Abstract Nitrogen (N) is a critical component of food security, economy and planetary health. Human production of reactive nitrogen (Nr) via Haber-Bosch process and cultivation-induced biological N2 fixation (BNF) has doubled global N cycling over the last century. The most important beneficial effect of Nr is augmenting global food supplies due to increased crop yields. However, increased circulation of Nr in the environment is responsible for serious human health effects such as methemoglobinemia (“blue baby syndrome”) and eutrophication of coastal and inland waters. Furthermore, ammonia (NH3) emission mainly from farming and animal husbandary impacts not only human health causing chronic lung disease, inflammation of human airways and irritation of eyes, sinuses and skin but is also involved in the formation of secondary particulate matter (PM) that plays a critical role in environment and human health. Nr also affects human health via global warming, depletion of stratospheric ozone layer resulting in greater intensity of ultra violet B rays (UVB) on the Earth’s surface, and creation of ground-level ozone (through reaction of NO2 with O2). The consequential indirect human health effects of Nr include the spread of vector-borne pathogens, increased incidence of skin cancer, development of cataracts, and serious respiratory diseases, besides land degradation. Evidently, the strategies to reduce Nr and mitigate adverse environmental and human health impacts include plugging pathways of nitrogen transport and loss through runoff, leaching and emissions of NH3, nitrogen oxides (NO x ), and other N compounds; improving fertilizer N use efficiency; reducing regional disparity in access to N fertilizers; enhancing BNF to decrease dependence on chemical fertilizers; replacing animal-based proteins with plant-based proteins; adopting improved methods of livestock raising and manure management; reducing air pollution and secondary PM formation; and subjecting industrial and vehicular NO x emission to pollution control laws. Strategic implementation of all these presents a major challenge across the fields of agriculture, ecology and public health. Recent observations on the reduction of air pollution in the COVID-19 lockdown period in several world regions provide an insight into the achievability of long-term air quality improvement. In this review, we focus on complex relationships between Nr and human health, highlighting a wide range of beneficial and detrimental effects.

Potential Impact of Climate Change on Air Pollution-Related Human Health Effects

2009 ◽  
Vol 43 (13) ◽  
pp. 4979-4988 ◽  
Author(s):  
Efthimios Tagaris ◽  
Kuo-Jen Liao ◽  
Anthony J. DeLucia ◽  
Leland Deck ◽  
Praveen Amar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Air Pollution ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
Potential Impact ◽  
Human Health Effects

The University of Akron Study on Air Pollution and Human Health Effects I. Methodology, Baseline Data, and Aerometrics

1981 ◽  
Vol 36 (5) ◽  
pp. 243-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Mostardi ◽  
Daniel L. Ely ◽  
Nancy R. Woebkenberg ◽  
Barry Richardson ◽  
Marcia T. Jarrett
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Baseline Data ◽  
The University ◽  
Human Health Effects

scholarly journals Human health effects of air pollution.

1993 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 45-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
L J Folinsbee
Keyword(s):  
Air Pollution ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Health Effects ◽  
Human Health Effects
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