Air Pollution Health Risk Based on AirQ+ Software Tool

Minor towns with population size of 50-100 thousand people are much rarely studied in regards of the ecological-hygienic assessment of human environment, in spite of the fact that they are characterized by specific ecological problems. The objective of the study was the hygienic assessment of the impact of urban environment on population health status in Tikhvin and Gatchina towns of the Leningrad region. Morbidity rate in the population of Tikhvin and Gatchina in 2005-2015, atmospheric emissions of industrial enterprises, findings on monitoring for both atmospheric air pollution and centralized drinking water supply, as well as motor transport noise levels were studied. Population health risk stipulated by industrial emissions and noise exposure was calculated. Statistical data treatment with correlation analysis of the relationship between environmental pollution indices and population morbidity was carried out. The study revealed increased atmospheric air pollutant concentrations in Gatchina, which might be connected with motor transport effect. Acute non-carcinogenic risk levels resulting from air pollutants are on the borderline of the admissible level, while in Tikhvin town those values are significantly lower. Estimated concentrations of atmospheric pollutants produced by industrial emissions are by 1.5-2 times lower than the actual levels shown by monitoring. Noise levels and predicted health risks in Gatchina are on the borderline of the admissible level, while in Tikhvin they are significantly reduced. The statistically significant gain in the general primary morbidity rate indices due to respiratory diseases in Gatchina town, correlated with atmospheric air pollution, was revealed. Our study showed that despite the presence of large industrial enterprises in studied towns, motor transport proved to be the key factor that forms air pollution and noise load, more typical of large cities.

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Health risk of pupils formed by classrooms’ air pollution

Health Risk Analysis ◽

10.21668/health.risk/2014.1.05.eng ◽

2014 ◽

pp. 40-48 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

A.N. Gankin ◽

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T.D. Gritsenko ◽

S.M. Sokolov ◽

T.N. Pronina ◽

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Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Health Risk

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAXIMUM PERMISSIBLE CONCENTRATIONS AND LEVEL OF HEALTH RISK FOR AIR POLLUTANTS

Hygiene and Sanitation ◽

10.18821/0016-9900-2017-96-5-442-445 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 96 (5) ◽

pp. 442-445 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

V. V. Suchkov ◽

E. A. Semaeva

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Health Risk ◽

Hexavalent Chromium ◽

Reference Range ◽

Pollution Index ◽

Ambient Air ◽

Carcinogenic Risk ◽

Daily Maximum ◽

The Third ◽

The City

There was executed the complex assessment of air pollution in the city Novokuibyshevsk in 2014. There were outlined basic chemicals exceeding hygienic standards, as well as causing both carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic health risk. Average concentrations of pollutants were shown to fail to exceed the average daily maximum permissible concentration, and on the basis of this air pollution index in the city of Novokuibyshevsk was the low in 2014. However, air pollution in the city of Novokuibyshevsk decreased not due to the reduction of the concentration of priority pollutants, but as a result of the revision of the admissible values for formaldehyde concentrations. Individual carcinogenic risks to the health of children under 18 years according to hexavalent chromium, benzene and formaldehyde exceeded the border of maximum permissible risk, and were attributed to the third reference range of risk values in accordance with the R 2.1.10.1920-04. The carcinogenic risk to the health of adults and the population of the city of Novokuibyshevsk as a whole was in the third reference range boundaries only for hexavalent chromium. However, the overall carcinogenic risk for health of children aged up to 18 years amounted to 1.18∙10-3 and moved into a fourth reference range boundaries. The total index of danger with all substances, the content of which was monitored in the ambient air in the city of Novokuibyshevsk, accounted for 17.74 and also demanded measures to reduce air pollution in the near future.

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The Effects of Urban Form on Ambient Air Pollution and Public Health Risk: A Case Study in Raleigh, North Carolina

Risk Analysis ◽

10.1111/risa.12317 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 35 (5) ◽

pp. 901-918 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Theodore J. Mansfield ◽

Daniel A. Rodriguez ◽

Joseph Huegy ◽

Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Air Pollution ◽

North Carolina ◽

Health Risk ◽

Urban Form ◽

Ambient Air ◽

Ambient Air Pollution ◽

Public Health Risk

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Assessment of Health Impacts of PM2.5 by AirQ+ Software in the City of Sanandaj, Iran (2018-2019)

Journal of Advances in Environmental Health Research ◽

10.32598/jaehr.9.1.1200 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 45-56

Author(s):

Ghorban Asgari ◽

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Ramin Khoshniyat ◽

Farhad Karimi ◽

Kamal Ebrahimi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Environmental Protection Agency ◽

Health Effect ◽

Chronic Obstructive ◽

Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ◽

Hourly Data ◽

Baseline Incidence ◽

Brain Stroke ◽

The Relationship ◽

Airq Software

Background: Particulate or particle mattes in term of air pollution are particles with a diameter of 2.5 μm or less (PM2.5). PM2.5 is a natural source of air pollution and has harmful effects on citizens in Sanandaj City, located in the west of Iran. Methods: In this study, the hourly data of concentration of PM2.5 were taken from the Kurdistan Environmental Protection Agency. During the study period (2018-2019), the 24-hour concentration of PM2.5 exceeded 339 times the average level. By AirQ+ software, the relationship between data and Relative Risk (RR), Baseline Incidence (BI), and Attributable Proportion (AP) were estimated. Then chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, ischemic heart disease, and brain stroke in the range of over 30 years were estimated. Results: The main target of this study was to survey the relationship between PM2.5 concentration and the death rate of citizens of this non-industrial city. The long-term health effect (more than 6 months) of PM2.5 caused 326 deaths on average (except for accidents and poisoning). Conclusion: Increase the concentration of PM2.5 is one factor that affects a high percentage of mortality rate.

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Mapping Air Pollution Health Risk: An Application of Canada’s AQHI

The Practice of Spatial Analysis ◽

10.1007/978-3-319-89806-3_17 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 359-372

Author(s):

Matthew Adams ◽

Denis Corr ◽

Weeberb Requia

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Health Risk

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Healthier breath for all and everywhere – Urban air quality monitoring experience

European Journal of Public Health ◽

10.1093/eurpub/ckz186.259 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 29 (Supplement_4) ◽

Author(s):

J Gajic ◽

D Dimovski ◽

B Vukajlovic ◽

M Jevtic

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Air Pollution ◽

Air Quality ◽

Health Risk ◽

Urban Health ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Danube River ◽

Quality Monitoring ◽

Air Quality Monitoring ◽

Residential Areas

Abstract Issue/problem Increasing attention is being paid to air pollution as one of the greatest threats to public and urban health. The WHO’s Urban Health Initiative points out the importance of collecting data and mapping the present state of air quality in urban areas. For citizens, such engagement is enabled by the appearance of personal air quality measurement devices that use crowd-sourcing to make measurement results publicly accessible in real time. Description of the problem As a way of contributing to air pollution monitoring in their town, three PhD Public health students conducted over 40 measurements between the start of June and end of August 2018 on various locations in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. Measurements were performed using AirBeam personal air quality monitoring devices and their results presented as μg/m3 of Particulate Matter 2.5 (PM2.5) and automatically uploaded to the internet using the Air-casting app. Results Measurements conducted in public transportation vehicles returned the rather high average value of 40 μg/m3, where coffee shops and restaurants scored an even higher value of 48,67 μg/m3. The lowest average air pollution levels were registered near the Danube river bank (5.67) and in the parks (6), while the sites near crossroads or in the street showed average air pollution of 8.33 μg/m3. Residential areas where smoking is present during the day reported 2.5 times higher PM2.5 values than those without smokers (33.8 and 12.78 μg/m3). Lessons Bearing in mind that the air quality is considered as a serious health risk in urban areas, results of this pilot investigation suggest potential health risk for citizens living in urban areas. The negative effects of combustion and smoking on air quality are strongly highlighted, as well as the positive impact of green areas and parks near residential areas. Key messages Air pollution exposure as a serious health risk in urban areas. Crowdsourcing as a way of air quality monitoring has great potential for contributing to public health.

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