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1. Air pollutant emission factors of solid fuel stoves and estimated emission amounts in rural Beijing
- Author:
- Mengsi Deng; Pengchao Li; Rongjiang Ma; Ming Shan; Xudong Yang
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.138 pp. 105608
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- aerodynamics; air pollutants; air pollution; biomass; carbon monoxide; cities; coal; cooking; cooking stoves; corn straw; emissions; emissions factor; energy; energy use and consumption; environmental assessment; heat; heating systems; households; inventories; nitrogen oxides; particulates; rural areas; sulfur dioxide; wood; China
- Abstract:
- ... Solid fuels used for heating and cooking in rural households cause a large amount of pollutant emissions. Actions are being taken to replace these solid fuels with cleaner energy carriers. However, the pollutant emission amounts from solid fuels over large areas have rarely been evaluated. In this study, we tested eight common heating stoves consuming bituminous coal chunk, anthracite coal chunk, ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105608
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105608
- Author:
- Dapeng Wang; Peng Luo; Zhonglan Zou; Qingling Wang; Maolin Yao; Chun Yu; Shaofeng Wei; Baofei Sun; Kai Zhu; Qibing Zeng; Jun Li; Bing Liang; Aihua Zhang
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 v.129 pp. 18-27
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air; arsenic; burning; coal; combustion; corn; drying; education programs; food contamination; health education; hot peppers; household income; lifestyle; questionnaires; regression analysis; rice; risk factors; smoking (habit); sociodemographic characteristics; socioeconomic status; soil; surveys; urine; China
- Abstract:
- ... Currently, most arsenic (As) studies in populations are concerned with water-borne arsenicosis. However, residents in Xingren County of Guizhou Province, Southwest of China, represent a unique case of arsenicosis which is related to indoor combustion of high As-containing coal. This study aimed to assess the alterations of As levels and its risk factors in coal-borne arsenicosis residents during t ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.005
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.005
3. Association between air pollution and risk of vascular dementia: A multipollutant analysis in Taiwan
- Author:
- Chung-Yi Li; Chien-Hsin Li; Santi Martini; Wen-Hsuan Hou
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- adults; air pollutants; air pollution; air quality; carbon monoxide; case-control studies; cities; coal; computer software; confidence interval; dementia; electricity generation; food processing; gasoline; geographic information systems; kriging; manufacturing; monitoring; nitrogen dioxide; odds ratio; particulates; patients; power plants; refining; regression analysis; risk; vehicles (equipment); Taiwan
- Abstract:
- ... Evidence regarding the association of specific air pollutants with vascular dementia (VaD) risk is limited. In this nested case–control study, we enrolled 831 adults aged >65 years with VaD (International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification code 290.4x) newly diagnosed during 2005–2013; 3324 controls were age-, sex-, and VaD diagnosis year–matched with the study patie ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105233
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105233
- Author:
- Laiguo Chen; Guocheng Hu; Ruifang Fan; Yanshan Lv; Yanyan Dai; Zhencheng Xu
- Source:
- Environment international 2018 v.120 pp. 480-488
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- BTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene); adults; air; benzene; biofuels; chemical industry; chest; children; coal; coal industry; emissions; ethylbenzene; exposure pathways; geometry; inflammation; isotope dilution technique; liquid chromatography; lung function; metabolites; monitoring; pollutants; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; regression analysis; respiratory system; risk; tandem mass spectrometry; toluene; China
- Abstract:
- ... Emissions (particularly aromatic compounds) from coal industries and biomass fuels combustion lead to high health risks for neighboring residents. To investigate the association of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and 1,2-dimethylbenzene (BTEX) exposure with lung function and respiratory symptoms among adults and children near the coal-chemical industry in ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.004
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.004
- Author:
- Monica L. Vermillion Maier; Lisbeth K. Siddens; Jamie M. Pennington; Sandra L. Uesugi; Kim A. Anderson; Lane G. Tidwell; Susan C. Tilton; Ted J. Ognibene; Kenneth W. Turteltaub; Jordan N. Smith; David E. Williams
- Source:
- Environment international 2022 v.159 pp. 107045
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- carcinogens; coal; combustion; dose response; environment; epidemiology; humans; mass spectrometry; metabolites; occupational exposure; petroleum; pharmacokinetics; risk; risk assessment; tobacco
- Abstract:
- ... Benzo[a]pyrene (BaP) is formed by incomplete combustion of organic materials (petroleum, coal, tobacco, etc.). BaP is designated by the International Agency for Research on Cancer as a group 1 known human carcinogen; a classification supported by numerous studies in preclinical models and epidemiology studies of exposed populations. Risk assessment relies on toxicokinetic and cancer studies in rod ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2021.107045
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.107045
- Author:
- Olorunfemi Adetona; Zheng Li; Andreas Sjödin; Lovisa C. Romanoff; Manuel Aguilar-Villalobos; Larry L. Needham; Daniel B. Hall; Brandon E. Cassidy; Luke P. Naeher
- Source:
- Environment international 2013 v.53 pp. 1-8
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air; air pollution; biofuels; carbon monoxide; children; coal; combustion; cooking; correlation; creatinine; developing countries; heat; kerosene; liquid petroleum gas; nitric oxide; nitrogen dioxide; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; pregnancy; pregnant women; urine; wood; Peru
- Abstract:
- ... Women and children in developing countries are often exposed to high levels of air pollution including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which may negatively impact their health, due to household combustion of biomass fuel for cooking and heating. We compared creatinine adjusted hydroxy-PAH (OH-PAH) concentrations in pregnant women in Trujillo, Peru who cook with wood to levels measured in ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2012.11.010
- PubMed:
- 23314038
- PubMed Central:
- PMC5129745
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2012.11.010
- Author:
- Jianwei Liu; Yanjiao Chen; Hongbin Cao; Aichen Zhang
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 pp. 105041
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- adverse effects; breathing; coal; combustion; diabetes mellitus; disability-adjusted life year; dust; fuel oils; heat; humans; industry; issues and policy; kidney neoplasms; lung neoplasms; metals; particulate emissions; pneumonia; quality of life; quality-adjusted life year; risk; skin neoplasms; spring; toxicity; winter; China
- Abstract:
- ... PM2.5-bound toxic metals (TMs) are derived from various sources, and they can cause many adverse health effects on the human body. To effectively reduce the disease burden of TMs by controlling the relative sources, an integrated approach of quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) and source-apportionment (positive matrix factorization, PMF) was proposed and applied to some typical diseases induced by ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105041
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105041
- Author:
- Shannon Behmke; Jesse Fallon; Adam E. Duerr; Andreas Lehner; John Buchweitz; Todd Katzner
- Source:
- Environment international 2015 v.79 pp. 51-55
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- African Americans; Cathartes aura; Coragyps atratus; chronic exposure; coal; ecosystems; gasoline; human health; lead; liver; permeates; power plants; toxicity; wildlife; zinc; Florida; Quebec
- Abstract:
- ... Lead is a prominent and highly toxic contaminant with important impacts to wildlife. To understand the degree to which wildlife populations are chronically exposed, we quantified lead levels within American black vultures (Coragyps atratus; BLVU) and turkey vultures (Cathartes aura; TUVU), two species that are useful as environmental sentinels in eastern North America. Every individual sampled (n= ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2015.03.010
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2015.03.010
- Author:
- Lei Jin; Jufen Liu; Bixiong Ye; Aiguo Ren
- Source:
- Environment international 2014 v.66 pp. 157-164
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- animal experimentation; arsenic; beef; blood; cadmium; coal; combustion; cooking; data collection; fish; fluorescence emission spectroscopy; heavy metals; lead; mercury; mutton; neural tube defects; pork; pregnancy; pregnant women; questionnaires; regression analysis; rural areas; shellfish; shrimp; China
- Abstract:
- ... Animal experiments indicate that prenatal exposure to mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd) and arsenic (As) can induce fetal neural tube defects (NTDs). The objectives of this study were to determine the levels of maternal exposure to Hg, Pb, Cd and As during early pregnancy in rural areas of Shanxi Province, China, in order to explore factors that were associated with the concentrations of these ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2014.01.016
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.01.016
- Author:
- Min-Ming Li; Zhen-Yan Gao; Chen-Yin Dong; Mei-Qin Wu; Jin Yan; Jia Cao; Wen-Juan Ma; Ju Wang; Ying-Liang Gong; Jian Xu; Shi-Zhong Cai; Jing-Yuan Chen; Shun-Qing Xu; Shilu Tong; Deliang Tang; Jun Zhang; Chong-Huai Yan
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.134 pp. 105288
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- Chinese people; atomic absorption spectrometry; biofuels; blood; boys; children; coal; cooking; cross-sectional studies; detection limit; dust; electricity; gasoline; girls; heating systems; lead; odds ratio; public health; regression analysis; remediation; roads; rural areas; sampling; sociodemographic characteristics; soil; surveys; urban areas; urban population; China
- Abstract:
- ... Despite the global abundance of studies on children’s lead (Pb) exposure, the magnitude of Pb exposure among children across China remains unclear, especially for rural areas. In 2000, Pb was removed from petrol, marking a change in the sources of Pb exposure in China. To better understand children’s Pb exposure and inform potential approaches to exposure reduction, we conducted a national blood P ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105288
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105288
- Author:
- Zheng Zong; Yang Tan; Xiao Wang; Chongguo Tian; Jun Li; Yunting Fang; Yingjun Chen; Song Cui; Gan Zhang
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.137 pp. 105592
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- Bayesian theory; air pollution; ambient temperature; basins; biomass burning; cities; coal; combustion; emissions; latitude; models; nitrates; nitrogen; nitrogen oxides; oxygen; particulates; pollution control; provenance; seasonal variation; stable isotopes; summer; winter; China
- Abstract:
- ... In China, nitrate (NO₃⁻) becomes the main contributor to fine particles (PM₂.₅) because the emissions of its precursor, nitrogen oxides (NOₓ), were not recognized and controlled well in recent years. In this work, sources, conversion, and geographical origin of NOₓ were interpreted combining the isotopic information (δ¹⁵N and δ¹⁸O) of NO₃⁻ and dual modelling at five Chinese megacities (Beijing, Sh ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105592
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105592
- Author:
- Ben Machol; Sarah Rizk
- Source:
- Environment international 2013 v.52 pp. 75-80
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air; carbon; climate change; coal; combustion; economic valuation; electricity; emissions; energy efficiency; human health; natural gas; oils; prices; sulfur dioxide; willingness to pay; California; Maryland
- Abstract:
- ... Fossil fuel energy has several externalities not accounted for in the retail price, including associated adverse human health impacts, future costs from climate change, and other environmental damages. Here, we quantify the economic value of health impacts associated with PM2.5 and PM2.5 precursors (NOx and SO2) on a per kilowatt hour basis. We provide figures based on state electricity profiles, ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2012.03.003
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2012.03.003
- Author:
- Qin Yan; Shaofei Kong; Yingying Yan; Xi Liu; Shurui Zheng; Si Qin; Fangqi Wu; Zhenzhen Niu; Huang Zheng; Yi Cheng; Xin Zeng; Jian Wu; Liquan Yao; Dantong Liu; Guofeng Shen; Zhenxing Shen; Shihua Qi
- Source:
- Environment international 2022 v.158 pp. 107001
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air; air pollution; carcinogenicity; coal; combustion; data collection; environment; exposure assessment; humans; risk; surveys; China
- Abstract:
- ... Residential coal combustion (RCC) emission exhibited obvious daily variation, while no real-time estimation of air pollutants from RCC has been reported, as the shortages of corresponding activity dataset and emission factors with high time resolution. A real-time monitoring platform for RCC emission was established. Hourly emission factors of 18 typed of TEs from eleven kinds of chunk coals and n ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2021.107001
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.107001
- Author:
- Gang Chen; Francesco Canonaco; Anna Tobler; Wenche Aas; Andres Alastuey; James Allan; Samira Atabakhsh; Minna Aurela; Urs Baltensperger; Aikaterini Bougiatioti; Joel F. De Brito; Darius Ceburnis; Benjamin Chazeau; Hasna Chebaicheb; Kaspar R. Daellenbach; Mikael Ehn; Imad El Haddad; Konstantinos Eleftheriadis; Olivier Favez; Harald Flentje; Anna Font; Kirsten Fossum; Evelyn Freney; Maria Gini; David C Green; Liine Heikkinen; Hartmut Herrmann; Athina-Cerise Kalogridis; Hannes Keernik; Radek Lhotka; Chunshui Lin; Chris Lunder; Marek Maasikmets; Manousos I. Manousakas; Nicolas Marchand; Cristina Marin; Luminita Marmureanu; Nikolaos Mihalopoulos; Griša Močnik; Jaroslaw Nęcki; Colin O'Dowd; Jurgita Ovadnevaite; Thomas Peter; Jean-Eudes Petit; Michael Pikridas; Stephen Matthew Platt; Petra Pokorná; Laurent Poulain; Max Priestman; Véronique Riffault; Matteo Rinaldi; Kazimierz Różański; Jaroslav Schwarz; Jean Sciare; Leïla Simon; Alicja Skiba; Jay G. Slowik; Yulia Sosedova; Iasonas Stavroulas; Katarzyna Styszko; Erik Teinemaa; Hilkka Timonen; Anja Tremper; Jeni Vasilescu; Marta Via; Petr Vodička; Alfred Wiedensohler; Olga Zografou; María Cruz Minguillón; André S.H. Prévôt
- Source:
- Environment international 2022 v.166 pp. 107325
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- aerosols; air quality; biomass; chemical speciation; cigarettes; climate; coal; combustion; data collection; environment; industry; infrastructure; particulates; peat; smoke; spectrometers; Europe
- Abstract:
- ... Organic aerosol (OA) is a key component of total submicron particulate matter (PM₁), and comprehensive knowledge of OA sources across Europe is crucial to mitigate PM₁ levels. Europe has a well-established air quality research infrastructure from which yearlong datasets using 21 aerosol chemical speciation monitors (ACSMs) and 1 aerosol mass spectrometer (AMS) were gathered during 2013–2019. It in ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107325
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107325
- Author:
- Paul Palazzi; Sakina Mezzache; Nasrine Bourokba; Emilie M. Hardy; Anna Schritz; Philippe Bastien; Claude Emond; Jing Li; Jeremie Soeur; Brice M.R. Appenzeller
- Source:
- Environment international 2018 v.121 pp. 1341-1354
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air quality; biomarkers; cities; coal; combustion; epidemiological studies; hairs; metabolites; organic matter; phenanthrenes; pollution; power plants; public health; urban areas; women; wood; China
- Abstract:
- ... Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are produced from incomplete combustion of organic matter and released as environmental contaminants from activities such as transports, wood combustion, coal-fired power plants. In numerous urban areas worldwide, the levels of PAH exposure are considered critical regarding public health issues. The possibility to detect PAH and PAH metabolites biologically i ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2018.10.056
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.10.056
- Author:
- Mengyuan Ren; Lailai Yan; Yiming Pang; Xiaoqian Jia; Jing Huang; Guofeng Shen; Hefa Cheng; Xilong Wang; Bo Pan; Zhiwen Li; Bin Wang
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.137 pp. 105584
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; aluminum; arsenic; atomic absorption spectrometry; biomarkers; cadmium; chromium; clean energy; coal; cobalt; cooking; exposure scenario; germanium; homemakers; iron; lead; magnesium; manganese; molybdenum; particulates; rare earth elements; scanning electron microscopy; strontium; tin; washing; zinc; China
- Abstract:
- ... Hair metal(loid)s are often measured as biomarkers to evaluate population internal exposure, however, hair samples could be easily contaminated by ambient particulate matter (PM) pollution. Here, we evaluated the potential external interference from ambient PM pollution on using hair metal(loid)s for population biomarker-based exposure assessment. The raw hair samples were strictly washed and plac ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105584
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105584
- Author:
- Li Zhang; Yongzhen Peng; Zheng Ge; Kechen Xu
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 v.131 pp. 105042
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- absorption; anaerobic ammonium oxidation; biodegradation; coal; cost effectiveness; dissolved organic matter; dissolved organic nitrogen; liquefaction; mass spectrometry; moieties; molecular weight; nitrogen compounds; polymers; sludge; wastewater
- Abstract:
- ... Anaerobic ammonium oxidation (Anammox) is a cost-effective process for treating highly nitrogenous wastewater. However, the fate of organic nitrogen during Anammox treatment is still unclear, which limits its practical application. In this work, the changes in the quality of dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) in coal liquefaction wastewater (CLW) during Anammox were studied in relation to its chemic ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105042
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105042
- Author:
- Matthew Shupler; William Godwin; Joseph Frostad; Paul Gustafson; Raphael E. Arku; Michael Brauer
- Source:
- Environment international 2018 v.120 pp. 354-363
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- Bayesian theory; World Health Organization; air pollution; animals; biomass; children; coal; cooking; databases; dry season; electricity; epidemiological studies; exposure models; feces; females; heaters; households; kitchens; males; particulates; risk factors; rural areas; urban areas; wood; Africa; Asia; South America
- Abstract:
- ... Exposure to household air pollution (HAP) from cooking with dirty fuels is a leading health risk factor within Asia, Africa and Central/South America. The concentration of particulate matter of diameter ≤ 2.5 μm (PM₂.₅) is an important metric to evaluate HAP risk, however epidemiological studies have demonstrated significant variation in HAP-PM₂.₅ concentrations at household, community and country ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.026
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.08.026
- Author:
- Daniel B. Howard; Jesse Thé; Rafael Soria; Neal Fann; Roberto Schaeffer; Jean-Daniel M. Saphores
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 v.124 pp. 420-430
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- United States Environmental Protection Agency; World Health Organization; coal; developing countries; economic valuation; electricity; guidelines; hospitals; human health; inventories; models; particulate emissions; particulates; power plants; Brazil
- Abstract:
- ... Exposure to ambient particulate matter (PM) caused an estimated 4.2 million deaths worldwide in 2015. However, PM emission standards for power plants vary widely. To explore if the current levels of these standards are sufficiently stringent in a simple cost-benefit framework, we compared the health benefits (avoided monetized health costs) with the control costs of tightening PM emission standard ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.029
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.01.029
- Author:
- Deliang Tang; Cuicui Wang; Jiesheng Nie; Renjie Chen; Qiao Niu; Haidong Kan; Bingheng Chen; Frederica Perera
- Source:
- Environment international 2014 v.73 pp. 235-242
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; air quality; bronchitis; burning; coal; data collection; death; disability-adjusted life year; dose response; emissions; environmental impact; hospitals; industrialization; particulates; pollution control; China
- Abstract:
- ... Since 2000, the government in Shanxi province has mounted several initiatives and mandated factory shutdowns with the goal of reducing coal burning emissions and the environmental impacts of industrialization. We estimated the health benefits associated with air quality improvement from 2001 to 2010 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and monetized the health ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2014.07.016
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.07.016
- Author:
- George S. Downward; Wei Hu; David Large; Harry Veld; Jun Xu; Boris Reiss; Guoping Wu; Fusheng Wei; Robert S. Chapman; Nat Rothman; Lan Qing; Roel Vermeulen
- Source:
- Environment international 2014 v.68 pp. 94-104
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- risk; sulfur; households; organic matter; lung neoplasms; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; electron microscopy; geographical variation; silicon; quartz; volatile organic compounds; exposure assessment; combustion; aluminum; coal; elemental composition; emissions; mineral content; China
- Abstract:
- ... Xuanwei and Fuyuan counties in Yunnan Province, China have among the highest lung cancer rates in the country. This has been associated with the domestic combustion of bituminous coal (referred to as “smoky” coal). Additionally, significant geographical variation in cancer rates among smoky coal users has been observed, suggesting heterogeneity in fuel source composition and/or combustion characte ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2014.03.019
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.03.019
- Author:
- Joseph L. Saenz; Sara D. Adar; Yuan S. Zhang; Jenny Wilkens; Aparajita Chattopadhyay; Jinkook Lee; Rebeca Wong
- Source:
- Environment international 2021 v.156 pp. 106722
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; coal; cognition; combustion; crop residues; data collection; energy; environment; feces; kerosene; longitudinal studies; public health; regression analysis; wood; China; India; Mexico
- Abstract:
- ... Exposure to high levels of air pollution is associated with poor health, including worse cognitive function. Whereas many studies of cognition have assessed outdoor air pollution, we evaluate how exposure to air pollution from combustion of polluting household fuels relates with cognitive function using harmonized data from India, Mexico, and China. We analyze adults age 50+ in three nationally re ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106722
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106722
- Author:
- Yuan Liu; Guijian Liu; Balal Yousaf; Chuncai Zhou; Xiaofei Shen
- Source:
- Environment international 2021 v.152 pp. 106499
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; cluster analysis; coal; combustion; dust; environment; health effects assessments; power plants; risk
- Abstract:
- ... The exploitation of coal releases large amounts of contaminants into the environment. However, the featured pollutants of coal utilization as well as the scope and degree of their impact remain to be revealed. To identify the featured-element of coal contamination in a complex environment, a typical coal resource city was selected, and the major elements, 18 trace elements, as well as δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N, ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106499
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106499
24. Impact of large industrial emission sources on mortality and morbidity in Chile: A small-areas study
- Author:
- Pablo Ruiz-Rudolph; Nelson Arias; Sandra Pardo; Marianne Meyer; Stephanie Mesías; Claudio Galleguillos; Irene Schiattino; Luis Gutiérrez
- Source:
- Environment international 2016 v.92-93 pp. 130-138
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- Bayesian theory; cardiovascular diseases; coal; copper; databases; energy industry; lung neoplasms; men; mining; morbidity; mortality; papermaking; pneumonia; pollution; power plants; pulp and paper mills; risk; women; Chile
- Abstract:
- ... Chile suffers significant pollution from large industrial emitters associated with the mining, metal processing, paper production, and energy industries. The aim of this research was to determine whether the presence of large industrial facilities (i.e. coal- and oil-fired power plants, pulp and paper mills, mining facilities, and smelters) affects mortality and morbidity rates in Chile. For this, ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2016.03.036
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.03.036
- Author:
- Jie Tian; Qiyuan Wang; Yong Zhang; Mengyuan Yan; Huikun Liu; Ningning Zhang; Weikang Ran; Junji Cao
- Source:
- Environment international 2021 v.150 pp. 106426
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- COVID-19 infection; aerosols; air pollution; air quality; biomass; coal; combustion; environment; humans; liquids; models; nitrates; particulates; photochemistry; relative humidity; sulfates; urban areas; water content; China
- Abstract:
- ... Restrictions on human activities were implemented in China to cope with the outbreak of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), providing an opportunity to investigate the impacts of anthropogenic emissions on air quality. Intensive real-time measurements were made to compare primary emissions and secondary aerosol formation in Xi’an, China before and during the COVID-19 lockdown. Decreases in ma ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106426
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106426
- Author:
- Shi-Wei Li; Hong-Bo Li; Jun Luo; Hui-Ming Li; Xin Qian; Miao-Miao Liu; Jun Bi; Xin-Yi Cui; Lena Q. Ma
- Source:
- Environment international 2016 v.94 pp. 69-75
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air quality; bioavailability; breathing; case studies; coal; combustion; lead; macrophages; organic acids and salts; pH; particulates; pollution control; sports; stable isotopes; youth
- Abstract:
- ... Pollution controls were implemented to improve the air quality for the 2014 Youth Olympic Games (YOG) in Nanjing. To investigate the influence of pollution control on Pb inhalation bioaccessibility in PM2.5, samples were collected before, during, and after YOG. The objectives were to identify Pb sources in PM2.5 using stable isotope fingerprinting technique and compare Pb inhalation bioaccessibili ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.010
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.010
- Author:
- J. Burns; H. Boogaard; S. Polus; L.M. Pfadenhauer; A.C. Rohwer; A.M. van Erp; R. Turley; E.A. Rehfuess
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.135 pp. 105400
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; air quality; carbon monoxide; coal; databases; epidemiological studies; experimental design; human health; morbidity; mortality; nitric oxide; nitrogen dioxide; ozone; particulates; planning; pollutants; pollution control; randomized clinical trials; risk; sulfur dioxide; systematic review; traffic; United Kingdom
- Abstract:
- ... A broad range of interventions have been implemented to improve ambient air quality, and many of these have been evaluated. Yet to date no systematic review has been conducted to identify and synthesize these studies. In this systematic review, we assess the effectiveness of interventions in reducing ambient particulate matter air pollution and improving adverse health outcomes.We searched a range ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105400
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105400
- Author:
- Fanfan Xu; Xiaodi Shi; Xinghua Qiu; Xing Jiang; Yanhua Fang; Junxia Wang; Di Hu; Tong Zhu
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.136 pp. 105475
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; bioactive properties; cell lines; coal; combustion; data collection; human health; inflammation; interleukin-1beta; least squares; macrophages; methylene chloride; models; oxidative stress; particulate emissions; particulates; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; reactive oxygen species; risk; secretion; transition elements; tumor necrosis factor-alpha
- Abstract:
- ... Fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) poses a significant risk to human health worldwide, by promoting oxidative stress and inflammation; however, the components responsible for these effects have not been fully evaluated. In this study, we investigated the cellular response of a macrophage cell line exposed to PM₂.₅ extracts in vitro. We obtained a dataset of chemical components of PM₂.₅ and determined ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105475
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105475
- Author:
- Suzhen Cao; Xiaoli Duan; Xiuge Zhao; Beibei Wang; Jin Ma; Delong Fan; Chengye Sun; Bin He; Fusheng Wei; Guibin Jiang
- Source:
- Environment international 2014 v.73 pp. 158-166
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; blood; children; coal; drinking water; dust; exposure pathways; food intake; human health; lead; particulates; pollution; risk assessment; soil; vegetables; wheat; China; United States
- Abstract:
- ... Lead exposure in the environment is a major hazard affecting human health, particularly for children. The blood lead levels in the local children living around the largest coking area in China were measured, and the source of blood lead and the main pathways of lead exposure were investigated based on lead isotopic ratios (207Pb/206Pb and 208Pb/206Pb) in blood and in a variety of media, including ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2014.07.015
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.07.015
- Author:
- Chi-Hsin Sally Chen; Tzu-Hsuen Yuan; Ruei-Hao Shie; Kuen-Yuh Wu; Chang-Chuan Chan
- Source:
- Environment international 2017 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air; arsenic; biomarkers; cadmium; children; chronic diseases; coal; comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography; copper; elderly; heavy metals; kriging; mass spectrometry; mercury; metabolism; metabolites; metabolome; metabolomics; models; nickel; oils; oxidative stress; phenylalanine; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; power plants; respiratory tract diseases; serine; strontium; thallium; threonine; tryptophan; urine; vanadium
- Abstract:
- ... This study aims at identifying metabolic changes linking external exposure to industrial air toxics with oxidative stress biomarkers.We classified 252 study subjects as 111 high vs. 141 low exposure subjects by the distance from their homes to the two main emission sources, oil refineries and coal-fired power plants. We estimated individual's external exposure to heavy metals and polycyclic aromat ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2017.02.003
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.02.003
- Author:
- Shannon M. Melody; Jane Ford; Karen Wills; Alison Venn; Fay H. Johnston
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 v.127 pp. 233-242
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; air quality; birth weight; coal; fetal development; gestational diabetes; infants; maternal exposure; mine fires; models; mothers; particulates; smoke; towns; Victoria (Australia)
- Abstract:
- ... The Hazelwood coal mine fire was an unprecedented event in Australian history that resulted in the surrounding towns in regional Victoria being covered in plumes of smoke and ash for six weeks in 2014. Evidence concerning adverse reproductive impacts associated with maternal exposure to ambient air pollution is expanding. Gaps remain regarding the relative impact of acute changes in outdoor air qu ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.03.028
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.03.028
- Author:
- Jun Liu; Gregor Kiesewetter; Zbigniew Klimont; Janusz Cofala; Chris Heyes; Wolfgang Schöpp; Tong Zhu; Guiying Cao; Adriana Gomez Sanabria; Robert Sander; Fei Guo; Qiang Zhang; Binh Nguyen; Imrich Bertok; Peter Rafaj; Markus Amann
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 v.125 pp. 236-244
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air quality; biomass; briquettes; coal; cooking; electricity; emissions; heat; households; indoor air pollution; natural gas; particulates; power generation; sulfur dioxide; urbanization; China
- Abstract:
- ... Air pollution is one of the most harmful consequences of China's rapid economic development and urbanization. Particularly in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH) regions, particulate matter concentrations have consistently exceeded the national air quality standards. Over the last years, China implemented ambitious measures to reduce emissions from the power, industry and transportation sectors, with ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2018.09.059
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.09.059
- Author:
- Wenlong Li; Helena Dryfhout-Clark; Hayley Hung
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.143 pp. 106008
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- United States Environmental Protection Agency; air; basins; breathing; carcinogenicity; chronic exposure; coal; combustion; dust; environment; factor analysis; filtration; human health; industry; risk; soil; solid wastes; transportation
- Abstract:
- ... Limited studies focus on the effectiveness of regulatory actions on changes in sources and temporal trends of human health risks for trace elements in atmospheric particles < 10 μm (PM₁₀). To address this knowledge gap, PM₁₀ samples were collected at three stations in the Great Lakes Basin over a thirty-year time span and analyzed for 19 representative elements. Temporal trends of trace elements i ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106008
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106008
- Author:
- Ana He; Xiaoping Li; Yuwei Ai; Xiaolong Li; Xiaoyun Li; Yuchao Zhang; Yu Gao; Bin Liu; Xu Zhang; Meng Zhang; Liyuan Peng; Ming Zhou; Hongtao Yu
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.141 pp. 105788
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- Bagre; bioavailability; blood; carcinogenicity; chemical speciation; coal; combustion; dust; environment; intestines; lead; lungs; primary energy; public health; risk; urban soils; China
- Abstract:
- ... Coal is a primary energy source in the world. Potentially toxic metals (PTMs) emission from coal mining and combustion are posing a serious public health concern. In order to quantify and evaluate the effect of PTMs on children’s health, the concentrations of 12 PTMs (As, Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, Sr, Zn, Ca, Fe, and Mg) bound in urban soil and street dust are determined and blood lead levels of the ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105788
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105788
- Author:
- Joan Lee; Vrinda Kalia; Frederica Perera; Julie Herbstman; Tingyu Li; Jisheng Nie; L.R. Qu; Jie Yu; Deliang Tang
- Source:
- Environment international 2016 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- DNA; DNA methylation; adverse effects; biomarkers; blood; blood sampling; child development; children; coal; combustion; epigenetics; fetal development; molecular epidemiology; mothers; neurotoxicity; pollutants; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; power plants; pregnant women; China
- Abstract:
- ... Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are carcinogenic, neurotoxic environmental pollutants generated during incomplete combustion of fossil fuel and other organic material. PAH exposure has been associated with adverse fetal development and epigenetic alterations in cord blood. Several molecular epidemiology studies have established PAH-DNA adducts as biomarkers of PAH exposure.We investigated t ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2016.12.009
- PubMed:
- 28027800
- PubMed Central:
- PMC5810919
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.12.009
- Author:
- Ajay Pillarisetti; Makarand Ghorpade; Sathish Madhav; Arun Dhongade; Sudipto Roy; Kalpana Balakrishnan; Sambandam Sankar; Rutuja Patil; David I. Levine; Sanjay Juvekar; Kirk R. Smith
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 v.127 pp. 540-549
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; biomass; clean fuels; coal; combustion; cooking; heating systems; households; loans; particulates; pregnancy; pregnant women; rural areas; rural families; India
- Abstract:
- ... Household air pollution from the combustion of biomass and coal is estimated to cause approximately 780,000 premature deaths a year in India. The government has responded by promoting uptake of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by tens of millions of poor rural families. Many poor households with new LPG stoves, however, continue to partially use traditional smoky chulhas. Our primary objective was to ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.017
- PubMed:
- 30981912
- PubMed Central:
- PMC7213905
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.04.017
- Author:
- Mingjiang He; Shiyan Yang; Jian Zhao; Chris Collins; Jianming Xu; Xingmei Liu
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 v.133 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- biomass; coal; combustion; edaphic factors; electronic wastes; environmental law; environmental policy; farmers; human health; models; molecular weight; paddies; paddy soils; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; principal component analysis; probability analysis; recycling; risk; risk assessment; soil pollution; soil sampling; temporal variation; variance; China
- Abstract:
- ... Farmland contamination by polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has drawn increasing attention across China with enhanced regulations and environmental policies proposed by government to protect soil environment safety. As the informal electronic waste (e-waste) dismantling activities were forbidden under recent environmental regulation, this study compared levels, compositions, spatial distribu ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105136
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105136
- Author:
- Ka Hung Chan; Xi Xia; Kin-fai Ho; Yu Guo; Om P Kurmi; Huaidong Du; Derrick A Bennett; Zheng Bian; Haidong Kan; John McDonnell; Dan Schmidt; Rene Kerosi; Liming Li; Kin Bong Hubert Lam; Zhengming Chen; on behalf of the CKB-Air Collaborative Group
- Source:
- Environment international 2021 v.146 pp. 106217
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; coal; environment; heat; nitrogen; ozone; particulates; warm season; wood; China
- Abstract:
- ... Previous studies of the health impact of ambient and household air pollution (AAP/HAP) have chiefly relied on self-reported and/or address-based exposure modelling data. We assessed the feasibility of collecting and integrating detailed personal exposure data in different settings and seasons.We recruited 477 participants (mean age 58 years, 72% women) from three (two rural [Gansu/Henan] and one u ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2020.106217
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.106217
- Author:
- Liuwei Wang; Deyi Hou; Yining Cao; Yong Sik Ok; Filip M.G. Tack; Jörg Rinklebe; David O'Connor
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.134 pp. 105281
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- adsorption; air; biochar; carbon nanotubes; clay minerals; coal; combustion; constructed wetlands; coordination polymers; desorption; ecosystems; graphene; humans; hydroxides; magnetism; manganese oxides; mercury; microorganisms; nanocomposites; nanosheets; phytoremediation; polluted soils; toxicity
- Abstract:
- ... Mercury contamination in soil, water and air is associated with potential toxicity to humans and ecosystems. Industrial activities such as coal combustion have led to increased mercury (Hg) concentrations in different environmental media. This review critically evaluates recent developments in technological approaches for the remediation of Hg contaminated soil, water and air, with a focus on emer ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105281
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105281
- Author:
- Yufeng Chen; Ellen T. Chang; Zhiwei Liu; Qing Liu; Yonglin Cai; Zhe Zhang; Guomin Chen; Qi-Hong Huang; Shang-Hang Xie; Su-Mei Cao; Wei-Hua Jia; Yuming Zheng; Yancheng Li; Longde Lin; Ingemar Ernberg; Hongwei Zhao; Ruimei Feng; Guangwu Huang; Yi Zeng; Yi-Xin Zeng; Hans-Olov Adami; Weimin Ye
- Source:
- Environment international 2021 v.151 pp. 106455
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; boats; carcinoma; case-control studies; coal; electricity; environment; kerosene; regression analysis; risk; river water; smoke; spring; streams; tap water; well water; wood; China
- Abstract:
- ... Given the role of exposures related to residence in the development of nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) has not been well explored, present study aims to investigate the magnitude and pattern of associations for NPC with lifelong residential exposures.We carried out a multi-center, population-based case-control study with 2533 incident NPC cases and 2597 randomly selected population controls in sout ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106455
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106455
- Author:
- Kun Ni; Ellison Carter; James J. Schauer; Majid Ezzati; Yuanxun Zhang; Hongjiang Niu; Alexandra M. Lai; Ming Shan; Yuqin Wang; Xudong Yang; Jill Baumgartner
- Source:
- Environment international 2016 v.94 pp. 449-457
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- adults; air pollution; biofuels; biomass; burden of disease; carbon monoxide; coal; combustion; cooking; electricity; energy; geometry; heat; nitric oxide; nitrogen dioxide; ozone; particulates; seasonal variation; summer; winter; women; wood; China
- Abstract:
- ... Cooking and heating with coal and biomass is the main source of household air pollution in China and a leading contributor to disease burden. As part of a baseline assessment for a household energy intervention program, we enrolled 205 adult women cooking with biomass fuels in Sichuan, China and measured their 48-h personal exposure to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and carbon monoxide (CO) in wi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.029
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.05.029
- Author:
- Basilua Andre Muzembo; Yoji Deguchi; Nlandu Roger Ngatu; Masamitsu Eitoku; Ryoji Hirota; Narufumi Suganuma
- Source:
- Environment international 2015 v.77 pp. 16-24
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- anti-inflammatory activity; antioxidants; breathing; cardiovascular diseases; coal; dust; epidemiological studies; fibrosis; inflammation; lung neoplasms; neoplasm cells; nitrogen; oxidative stress; oxygen; selenium; selenoproteins; signal transduction; therapeutics
- Abstract:
- ... Individuals exposed to fibrogenic mineral dust may exhibit an impaired antioxidant system and produce high levels of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species through immune cells, contributing to the perturbation of immune cell function, inflammation, fibrosis and lung cancer. The lung diseases which are caused by inhalation of fibrogenic mineral dust, known as pneumoconioses, develop progressively an ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2015.01.002
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2015.01.002
- Author:
- Yanxu Zhang; Haikun Wang; Yun Han; Danhan Wang; Ge Zhu; Xi Lu
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.141 pp. 105727
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air quality; atmospheric chemistry; biofuels; coal; combustion; confidence interval; environment; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; health effects assessments; human health; risk; shale gas; China
- Abstract:
- ... Holding the largest recoverable reserves over the world, China makes an ambitious plan to increase shale gas production. Here we use an integrated approach to quantify its impact on indoor and outdoor air quality and greenhouse gas emissions. This approach includes emission estimation, three-dimensional atmospheric chemistry modeling, and human health assessment. Although the production of shale g ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105727
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105727
- Author:
- Frederica Perera; Chia-jung Lin; Lirong Qu; Deliang Tang
- Source:
- Environment international 2018 v.113 pp. 335-340
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; biomarkers; burning; cardiovascular diseases; children; chronic diseases; coal; cognitive disorders; leukocytes; mortality; neonates; neurons; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; power plants; prenatal development; regression analysis; risk; standard deviation; telomeres; China
- Abstract:
- ... To examine the molecular benefits of the government action to close the local coal burning power plant in Tongliang County, Chongqing Municipality, we compared biologic markers and health outcomes in two successive birth cohorts enrolled before and after the plant was shut down. In this city, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) were primarily emitted by the coal burning facility. We previously ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2018.01.005
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.01.005
- Author:
- Mengjiao Huang; Cesunica Ivey; Yongtao Hu; Heather A. Holmes; Matthew J. Strickland
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- asthma; coal; dust; fuel oils; gasoline; humidity; metals; models; natural gas; odds ratio; particulates; patients; pneumonia; regression analysis; temperature; Georgia
- Abstract:
- ... We developed a hybrid chemical transport model and receptor model (CTM-RM) to conduct source apportionment of both primary and secondary PM2.5 (particulate matter ≤2.5 μm in diameter) at 36 km resolution throughout the U.S. State of Georgia for the years 2005 and 2007. This novel source apportionment model enabled us to estimate and compare associations of short-term changes in 12 PM2.5 source con ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105167
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105167
- Author:
- Rui Chen; Yehui Zhao; Yingze Tian; Xin Feng; Yinchang Feng
- Source:
- Environment international 2022 v.164 pp. 107236
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- cities; coal; combustion; dust; environment; models; risk analysis
- Abstract:
- ... Accurate measurements of PM₂.₅ related heavy metals (HMs) and some components are critical to better understanding the sources and health risks of PM₂.₅. HMs and other components in PM₂.₅ were simultaneously measured using online and offline filter-based methods in a Chinese megacity. Online Mn, Pb, Cu, and Zn concentrations exhibited good correspondence with offline results (R² ≥ 0.7, relative bi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107236
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107236
- Author:
- Yungang Wang; Qi Ying; Jianlin Hu; Hongliang Zhang
- Source:
- Environment international 2014 v.73 pp. 413-422
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- aerosols; air; air pollution; air quality; biomass; burning; carbon monoxide; cities; coal; combustion; data collection; dust; emissions; environmental protection; nitrogen dioxide; ozone; particulates; pollutants; research support; risk; spring; sulfur dioxide; temporal variation; winter; China
- Abstract:
- ... Long-term air pollution data with high temporal and spatial resolutions are needed to support the research of physical and chemical processes that affect the air quality, and the corresponding health risks. However, such datasets were not available in China until recently. For the first time, this study examines the spatial and temporal variations of PM2.5, PM10, CO, SO2, NO2, and 8h O3 in 31 capi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2014.08.016
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.08.016
- Author:
- Taoran Shi; Jin Ma; Yunyun Zhang; Chengshuai Liu; Yanbin Hu; Yiwei Gong; Xiao Wu; Tienan Ju; Hong Hou; Long Zhao
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 v.129 pp. 35-41
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- agricultural soils; blood; children; coal; combustion; electronic wastes; energy use and consumption; gasoline; gross domestic product; industry; lead; models; ownership; pollution; pollution control; population size; recycling; China
- Abstract:
- ... The first national-scale assessment of lead (Pb) contamination in agricultural soils across China was conducted based on >1900 articles published between 1979 and 2016. Pb concentrations, temporal and spatial variations, and influencing factors were analyzed. Children's blood lead levels (BLLs) were also estimated using the integrated exposure uptake biokinetic (IEUBK) model. Pb concentrations in ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.025
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.05.025
- Author:
- Yuqin Wang; Mamin Wang; Shengping Li; Haoyao Sun; Zhen Mu; Lixin Zhang; Yanguang Li; Qingcai Chen
- Source:
- Environment international 2020 v.136 pp. 105515
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; autumn; carbon monoxide; chemical species; coal; combustion; dithiothreitol; dust; free radicals; models; nitrates; nitrogen dioxide; organic carbon; particulate emissions; particulates; pollutants; potassium; reactive oxygen species; regression analysis; spring; sulfates; sulfur dioxide; summer; vehicles (equipment); water solubility; winter; China
- Abstract:
- ... Reactive oxygen species (ROS) are a class of substances that are of general concern in terms of human health and are used to represent the oxidation potential (OP) of the atmosphere. In this study, the ROS levels in 116 daily fine particulate matter (PM₂.₅) samples taken over Xi'an in 2017 were measured with the dithiothreitol (DTT) method. The sources of DTTv (volume-based DTT consumption) in PM₂ ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105515
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105515
- Author:
- Batel Blechter; Jason Y.Y. Wong; Chao Agnes Hsiung; H.Dean Hosgood; Zhihua Yin; Xiao-Ou Shu; Han Zhang; Jianxin Shi; Lei Song; Minsun Song; Wei Zheng; Zhaoming Wang; Neil Caporaso; Laurie Burdette; Meredith Yeager; Sonja I. Berndt; Maria Teresa Landi; Chien-Jen Chen; Gee-Chen Chang; Chin-Fu Hsiao; Ying-Huang Tsai; Kuan-Yu Chen; Ming-Shyan Huang; Wu-Chou Su; Yuh-Min Chen; Li-Hsin Chien; Chung-Hsing Chen; Tsung-Ying Yang; Chih-Liang Wang; Jen-Yu Hung; Chien-Chung Lin; Reury-Perng Perng; Chih-Yi Chen; Kun-Chieh Chen; Yao-Jen Li; Chong-Jen Yu; Yi-Song Chen; Ying-Hsiang Chen; Fang-Yu Tsai; Wei Jie Seow; Bryan A. Bassig; Wei Hu; Bu-Tian Ji; Wei Wu; Peng Guan; Qincheng He; Yu-Tang Gao; Qiuyin Cai; Wong-Ho Chow; Yong-Bing Xiang; Dongxin Lin; Chen Wu; Yi-Long Wu; Min-Ho Shin; Yun-Chul Hong; Keitaro Matsuo; Kexin Chen; Maria Pik Wong; Daru Lu; Li Jin; Jiu-Cun Wang; Adeline Seow; Tangchun Wu; Hongbing Shen; Joseph F. Fraumeni; Pan-Chyr Yang; I-Shou Chang; Baosen Zhou; Stephen J. Chanock; Nathaniel Rothman; Nilanjan Chatterjee; Qing Lan
- Source:
- Environment international 2021 v.147 pp. 105975
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- adenocarcinoma; coal; combustion; confidence interval; environment; females; genome-wide association study; genomics; lung neoplasms; lungs; odds ratio; pathogenesis; regression analysis; risk; China; Taiwan
- Abstract:
- ... We previously identified 10 lung adenocarcinoma susceptibility loci in a genome-wide association study (GWAS) conducted in the Female Lung Cancer Consortium in Asia (FLCCA), the largest genomic study of lung cancer among never-smoking women to date. Furthermore, household coal use for cooking and heating has been linked to lung cancer in Asia, especially in Xuanwei, China. We investigated the pote ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2020.105975
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2020.105975
- Author:
- Abee L. Boyles; Robyn B. Blain; Johanna R. Rochester; Raghavendhran Avanasi; Susan B. Goldhaber; Sofie McComb; Stephanie D. Holmgren; Scott A. Masten; Kristina A. Thayer
- Source:
- Environment international 2017 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- adults; adverse effects; air; animal models; coal; community health; congenital abnormalities; data collection; databases; drinking water; dust; environmental protection; experimental design; exposure characterization; health effects assessments; hospitals; human health; human population; humans; hydrogen sulfide; metals; mice; mining; mitochondria; mortality; mountains; particulates; people; physiological response; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; rats; risk; socioeconomic status; soil; systematic review; toxicology; trace elements; uncertainty; Appalachian region
- Abstract:
- ... The objective of this evaluation is to understand the human health impacts of mountaintop removal (MTR) mining, the major method of coal mining in and around Central Appalachia. MTR mining impacts the air, water, and soil and raises concerns about potential adverse health effects in neighboring communities; exposures associated with MTR mining include particulate matter (PM), polycyclic aromatic h ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2017.07.002
- PubMed:
- 28738262
- PubMed Central:
- PMC5562233
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.07.002
- Author:
- Khareen Singh; Christopher Oates; Jane Plant; Nikolaos Voulvoulis
- Source:
- Environment international 2014 v.68 pp. 1-15
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- acute toxicity; case studies; cleaning agents; coal; copper; data collection; health promotion; human health; human resources; ingredients; lethal concentration 50; lethal dose 50; markets; mining; occupational health and safety; oils; platinum; risk; risk assessment; trade; uncertainty
- Abstract:
- ... Many of the chemicals used in industry can be hazardous to human health and the environment, and some formulations can have undisclosed ingredients and hazards, increasing the uncertainty of the risks posed by their use. The need for a better understanding of the extent of undisclosed information in chemicals arose from collecting data on the hazards and exposures of chemicals used in typical mini ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2014.02.012
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2014.02.012
- Author:
- Muhammad Imtiaz; Muhammad Shahid Rizwan; Shuanglian Xiong; Hailan Li; Muhammad Ashraf; Sher Muhammad Shahzad; Muhammad Shahzad; Muhammad Rizwan; Shuxin Tu
- Source:
- Environment international 2015 v.80 pp. 79-88
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- adverse effects; coal; heavy metals; humans; mining; polluted soils; pollution; power plants; scientists; toxicity; vanadium; water resources
- Abstract:
- ... Metal pollution is an important issue worldwide, with various documented cases of metal toxicity in mining areas, industries, coal power plants and agriculture sector. Heavy metal polluted soils pose severe problems to plants, water resources, environment and nutrition. Among all non-essential metals, vanadium (V) is becoming a serious matter of discussion for the scientists who deals with heavy m ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2015.03.018
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2015.03.018
- Author:
- Chirag Manchanda; Mayank Kumar; Vikram Singh; Mohd Faisal; Naba Hazarika; Ashutosh Shukla; Vipul Lalchandani; Vikas Goel; Navaneeth Thamban; Dilip Ganguly; Sachchida Nand Tripathi
- Source:
- Environment international 2021 v.153 pp. 106541
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- COVID-19 infection; aerosols; air; air quality; biomass; carbon; chemical composition; chemical speciation; chlorides; coal; combustion; decline; environment; ozone; India; Indo-Gangetic Plain
- Abstract:
- ... The Government of India (GOI) announced a nationwide lockdown starting 25th March 2020 to contain the spread of COVID-19, leading to an unprecedented decline in anthropogenic activities and, in turn, improvements in ambient air quality. This is the first study to focus on highly time-resolved chemical speciation and source apportionment of PM₂.₅ to assess the impact of the lockdown and subsequent ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106541
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106541
- Author:
- Jian Sun; Zhenxing Shen; Leiming Zhang; Yue Zhang; Tian Zhang; Yali Lei; Xinyi Niu; Qian Zhang; Wei Dang; Wenping Han; Junji Cao; Hongmei Xu; Pingping Liu; Xuxiang Li
- Source:
- Environment international 2019 pp. -
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- aerosols; air quality; alkenes; aromatic compounds; biomass; briquettes; burning; chimneys; coal; combustion efficiency; corn straw; emissions factor; fuel combustion; fuelwood; gas chromatography-mass spectrometry; greenhouse gas emissions; heat; heat treatment; heating systems; methane; methane production; models; nitrogen content; ozone; pollutants; regression analysis; rural areas; volatile organic compounds; China
- Abstract:
- ... Solid (biomass and coal) fuels burned for residential heating are major sources of atmospheric volatile organic compounds (VOCs). In this study, VOC samples were collected in-situ from chimneys in 10 typical heating scenarios in rural areas of the Guanzhong Plain. A modified SUMA canister approach was then employed, followed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analysis. Emission factors (EFs) ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2019.105252
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2019.105252
- Author:
- Daniele Mandrioli; Vivi Schlünssen; Balázs Ádám; Robert A. Cohen; Claudio Colosio; Weihong Chen; Axel Fischer; Lode Godderis; Thomas Göen; Ivan D. Ivanov; Nancy Leppink; Stefan Mandic-Rajcevic; Federica Masci; Ben Nemery; Frank Pega; Annette Prüss-Üstün; Daria Sgargi; Yuka Ujita; Stevie van der Mierden; Muzimkhulu Zungu; Paul T.J. Scheepers
- Source:
- Environment international 2018 v.119 pp. 174-185
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- Internet; World Health Organization; asbestos; case-control studies; children; coal; cohort studies; databases; disability-adjusted life year; dust; experts; meta-analysis; mining; mortality; occupational exposure; protocols; randomized clinical trials; risk factors; silica; systematic review
- Abstract:
- ... The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) are developing a joint methodology for estimating the national and global work-related burden of disease and injury (WHO/ILO joint methodology), with contributions from a large network of experts. In this paper, we present the protocol for two systematic reviews of parameters for estimating the number of deaths and ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.005
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.06.005
- Author:
- Jian Sun; Zhenxing Shen; Tian Zhang; Shaofei Kong; Hongai Zhang; Qian Zhang; Xinyi Niu; Shasha Huang; Hongmei Xu; Kin-Fai Ho; Junji Cao
- Source:
- Environment international 2022 v.165 pp. 107344
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution control; biomass; coal; combustion; environment; human health; humans; models; regression analysis; relative humidity; risk; temperature; toxicity; traffic; uncertainty; winter; China
- Abstract:
- ... Atmospheric PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and their derivatives are a global concern that influences environments and threatens human health. Concentrations of 52 PAHs and the main derivatives in six Chinese megacities were measured in the winter of 2019. The concentrations of ∑PAHs (sum of 52 PAHs) ranged from 19.42 ± 7.68 to 65.40 ± 29.84 ng m⁻³, with significantly higher levels in nor ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107344
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107344
- Author:
- Huizhong Shen; Zhihan Luo; Rui Xiong; Xinlei Liu; Lu Zhang; Yaojie Li; Wei Du; Yuanchen Chen; Hefa Cheng; Guofeng Shen; Shu Tao
- Source:
- Environment international 2021 v.157 pp. 106841
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air; air pollutants; biomass; climate; coal; databases; emissions factor; energy; fuel combustion; heating systems; human health; indoor air pollution
- Abstract:
- ... A large population does not have access to modern household energy and relies on solid fuels such as coal and biomass fuels. Burning of these solid fuels in low-efficiency home stoves produces high amounts of multiple air pollutants, causing severe air pollution and adverse health outcomes. In evaluating impacts on human health and climate, it is critical to understand the formation and emission p ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106841
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106841
59. A hybrid satellite and land use regression model of source-specific PM2.5 and PM2.5 constituents
- Author:
- Md Mostafijur Rahman; George Thurston
- Source:
- Environment international 2022 v.163 pp. 107233
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- biomass; carbon; coal; combustion; data collection; environment; factor analysis; hybrids; land use; meteorology; models; nickel; oils; potassium; regression analysis; satellites; selenium; silicon; soil; sulfur; traffic
- Abstract:
- ... Although PM₂.₅ mass varies in source and composition over time and space, most health effects assessment have made the inherent assumption that all PM₂.₅ mass has the same health implications, irrespective of composition. Nationwide estimates of source-specific PM₂.₅ mass and constituents at local-scale would allow for epidemiological studies and health effects assessments that consider the variab ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2022.107233
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2022.107233
- Author:
- Fatemeh Kazemiparkouhi; Trenton Honda; Ki-Do Eum; Bingyu Wang; Justin Manjourides; Helen H. Suh
- Source:
- Environment international 2022 v.159 pp. 106988
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- coal; combustion; death; demographic statistics; environment; factor analysis; lung neoplasms; males; mortality; nitrates; silicon; socioeconomic status; soil; traffic
- Abstract:
- ... Our understanding of the impact of long-term exposures to PM₂.₅ constituents and sources on mortality is limited.To examine associations between long-term exposures to PM₂.₅ constituents and sources and cause-specific mortality in US older adults.We obtained demographic and mortality data for 15.4 million Medicare beneficiaries living within the conterminous United States (US) between 2000 and 200 ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2021.106988
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2021.106988
61. A methodology for estimating health benefits of electricity generation using renewable technologies
- Author:
- Ian Partridge; Shama Gamkhar
- Source:
- Environment international 2012 v.39 no.1 pp. 103-110
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- air pollution; climate change; coal; cost benefit analysis; cutting; developed countries; developing countries; electricity; funding; greenhouse gas emissions; greenhouse gases; issues and policy; renewable energy sources; sustainable technology; uncertainty; wind; China
- Abstract:
- ... At Copenhagen, the developed countries agreed to provide up to $100bn per year to finance climate change mitigation and adaptation by developing countries. Projects aimed at cutting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions will need to be evaluated against dual criteria: from the viewpoint of the developed countries they must cut emissions of GHGs at reasonable cost, while host countries will assess their c ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2011.10.003
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2011.10.003
- Author:
- Magdalena Długosz-Lisiecka
- Source:
- Environment international 2016 v.94 pp. 325-330
- ISSN:
- 0160-4120
- Subject:
- aerosols; air; breathing; coal; combustion; drinking water; humans; polonium; radionuclides; radon; seasonal variation
- Abstract:
- ... The origin of 210Po activity and its fluctuations in the air are discussed in this paper. In the case of atmospheric aerosol samples, a comparison of the 210Po/210Pb and 210Bi/210Pb activity ratios makes it possible not only to determine aerosol residence times but also to appraise the contribution of the unsupported 210Po coming from other sources than 222Rn decay, such as human industrial activi ...
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.envint.2016.06.002
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2016.06.002