Air pollution contributes to climate change, hence air pollution. The specialty section of air pollution aims to publish innovative insights into airpollution issues and their impacts on the natural and indoor environment. For environmental health science students air pollution mengesha admassu, mamo wubeshet university of gondar in collaboration with the ethiopia public health training initiative, the carter center, the ethiopia ministry of health, and the ethiopia ministry of education august 2006. Plastic pollution and potential solutions sage journals. The goal of this journal is to provide a platform for scientists and academicians all over the world to promote, share, and discuss various new issues and developments in different areas of air pollution. Air pollution threatens the health of humans and other living beings in our planet. Exposure to air pollution and selfreported effects on. Outdoor air pollution is a major threat to global public health that needs responsible participation of researchers at. Pdf effects of air pollution on human health and practical. Air pollution is becoming a major health problem that affects millions of people worldwide.
Summary air pollution, particularly in urban areas, constitutes a public health concern, as it has a harmful effect on the health, survival and activities of humans and other living organisms. The journal is being published seasonally 4 issues per year. The following studies provide evidence the better to guide public health and environmental policies. Text books, ii journals, internet sources and other lecture manuscript are. Air pollution is a worldwide environmental and health issue, especially in major developing countries.
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The recent evolution in air pollutant emissions and immissions due to the growing weight of road traffic is also described. International journal of pollution research gavin publishers. This booklet will provide an overview of the effects of air. Scientific advancements in recent days reveals that air pollution from factories, power plants and cars can trigger attacks in people who have asthma. Finally, we observed substantial geographical variation in the burden of diabetes attributable to air pollution, for which we estimated that in 2016, there were about 32 million cases of incident diabetes and about 82 million years of healthy life lost due to diabetes attributable to elevated concentrations of pm 25. The present work reports the distribution of pollutants in the madrid city and province from 22 monitoring stations during 2010 to 2017.
Air pollution and noncommunicable diseases chest journal. High levels of these gases can also affect lung function. Air pollution is the introduction of particulates, biological molecules, or other harmful gases into earths atmosphere, causing disease, death to humans, damage to other living organisms such as food crops, or the natural or built environment. Air pollution is composed of a complex mixture of substances that have well characterized adverse effects on health. Perhaps one of the best known examples of air pollution increasing morbidity and mortality is the 1952 london smog.
Updated list of high journal impact factor air pollution journals. Article pdf available in journal of research in medical. Air pollution has negative impacts on the environment in which we live. Finally, we observed substantial geographical variation in the burden of diabetes attributable to air pollution, for which we estimated that in 2016, there were about 32 million cases of incident diabetes and about 82 million years of healthy life lost due to diabetes attributable to elevated concentrations of. Therefore, the aim of this study was to analyze globallypublished literature in outdoor air pollution related. It may arise from both natural and human generated activities. Different groups of individuals are affected by air pollution in different ways depending on their level of sensitivity. Statistical tools were used to interpret and model air pollution data. We need the tools and methods of epidemiology to judge them. Air pollution and health the energy and resources institute. To learn about our use of cookies and how you can manage your cookie settings, please see our cookie policy.
Abstractwe examine distributional effects of changes in local air pollution from driving electric vehicles in the united states. Environmental pollution welcomes high quality submissions on all aspects of environmental pollution and the mitigation measures related to ecosystem. Pollution is indexed in web of science since the very first issue of the year 2017 volume 3, issue 1, 2017. It creates smog and acid rain, causes cancer and respiratory diseases, reduces the ozone layer atmosphere and contributes to global warming. Stunting is defined as a heightforage zscore more than two sds below the who child growth standards reference median for age and sex. By closing this message, you are consenting to our use of cookies. It constitutes a reference for understanding how policymakers, media and population in china make sense of and deal with air pollution, as discussed in the other articles of the section. The editors welcome high quality papers where the pollutants are clearly defined and measured and can be directly related to biological, ecological, and human health effects. Air pollution, climate and health world health organization. Pdf causes, consequences and control of air pollution. Young children and elderly people often suffer more from the effects of air pollution. Assessing research output is an important step in highlighting national and international contribution and collaboration in a certain field. Ground level ozone, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide so2, nitrogen oxide nox are some of the pollutants in the air that are of severe concern. Environmentalist are welcomed to contribute their knowledge and experience together to offer complete coverage of key environmental concerns, challenges including scientific prediction, social and economic policy areas.
Submitted papers may be theoretical, interpretative or experimental. It seeks to embrace the entire fields of physics and chemistry of the earths atmospheric pollutants, giving priority to relevant cuttingedge themes. Journal provides rapid publication of articles in all areas of environmental biology, bioremediation and biomonitoring, impact of. World bank 2002 found particulate matter is the most serious pollutant in large cities in south asia. An econometric model estimates power plant emissions and an integrated assessment model values damages in air pollution from electric and gasoline vehicles.
The specialty section of air pollution aims to publish innovative insights into air pollution issues and their impacts on the natural and indoor environment. Air pollution causes damage to human health, crops, ecosystems and cultural heritage the scientific data presented in this brochure have been collated by the working group on. Air pollution may come from anthropogenic or natural sources. Pdf evaluation on effects of construction dust pollution on. Areas covered are research on inorganic, organic, and. While visible air pollution is a plausible cause of illness, the effects of invisible gases and very small particles are not obvious. Prevention and control of air pollution in china openedition. Air pollution reduces the economic value of crops and leads to expensive cleaning of cultural heritage.
Research on the impact of outdoor air pollution on respiratory health had. In this route, environmentalist disciplines are welcomed to contribute their knowledge and experience. It welcomes highquality original and unpublished research articles concerned with. Environmental effects of air pollution and application of engineered methods to combat the problem ahmad ashfaq 1 and pratiksha sharma 2. Open journal of air pollution ojap is an openly accessible journal published quarterly. Effects of air pollution on human health and practical measures for prevention in iran. Impacts of air pollution on human health, ecosystems and.
Air pollution and ischemic stroke among young adults stroke. The journal publishes papers on the health consequences of air pollution, innovative control systems, modern technologies, climate change, laboratory methods for measurements of air pollutants, and environmental management and policy. According to the world health organization, six major air pollutants include particle pollution, groundlevel ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and lead. In support of this observation, the world health organization estimates that every year, 2. The effects of air pollution wreck havoc on human health and our planet as a whole. A recent world health organization report shows about 3 million deaths in the world in 2012 are due to ambient air pollution and china and india are the countries with the most severe challenge.
Child linear growth impairment, particularly stunting, remains a global health challenge. Sep 21, 2012 air pollution is becoming a major health problem that affects millions of people worldwide. Read full text articles or submit your research for publishing. On the basis of the economic evaluation on air pollution, the paper conducts an.
Outdoor air pollution is a major threat to global public health that needs responsible participation of researchers at all levels. Cognitive skills in children, international journal of environmental research. Here, the main types of air pollution commonly found in urban environments are pre. For environmental health science students air pollution mengesha admassu, mamo wubeshet. This journal covers areas like environmental toxicology, bioremediation, public health and toxicogenomics and. This thoroughly revised fifth edition of fundamentals of air pollution has been updated throughout and remains the most complete text available, offering a stronger systems perspective and more coverage of international issues relating to air pollution.
First published in 1951 under the name air repair, the journal is intended to serve those occupationally involved in air pollution control and waste management through the publication. It should be noted that pollution is published in association with iran solid waste association iswa. The 2016 global and national burden of diabetes mellitus. Mar 28, 2020 as per available reports about 200 journals, 392 conferences, 183 workshops are presently dedicated exclusively to air pollution and about 2,35,000 articles are being published on the current trends in air pollution. Numerous studies have discovered a connection between some air toxins and the exacerbating of asthma indications. As a multidisciplinary journal, pollution serves international community with all aspects of environmental sciences. Distributional effects of air pollution from electric. We hypothesized that air pollution, an inflammation progenitor, can be associated with stroke incidence in young patients in whom the usual risk factors for stroke are less prevalent. Learn about what causes air pollution and how to help reduce the effects. The data include the annual average concentrations of nitrogen oxides, ozone, and particulate matter pm 10, collected in madrid and its suburbs, which is one of the largest. Consequences of air pollution co 2 is a good transmitter of sunlight, but it also partially restricts infrared radiation going back from the earth into space, which produces the socalled greenhouse effect that prevents a drastic cooling of the earth during the night increasing the amount of co 2 in the atmosphere. Distributional effects of air pollution from electric vehicle. Air pollution poses a great environmental risk to health. It causes health problems in humans and animals, damages plants, pollutes water, threatens aquatic life, deteriorates infrastructure, and reduces visibility.
Due to constantly rising air pollution levels as well as an increasing awareness of the hazardousness of air pollutants, new laws and. The number of children younger than 5 years who are stunted was 59 million 34% in south asia and 58 million 33% in subsaharan africa in 2018. Ground level ozone, particulate matter, sulfur dioxide so2, nitrogen oxide. Using data on currently registered electric vehicles, we find that people in census block groups with median. Air pollution may even damage natural or built environment, animals, plants and crops. Air pollution omics international open access journals. Papers should present novel experimental results, theory and modeling of air pollution on local, regional, or global scales. Pdf evaluation on effects of construction dust pollution. Science and education publishing, publisher of open access journals in the scientific, technical and medical fields. Chinas air pollution has reached a critical state, and is characterized by heavy coal smoke and a. Jacobson received 12th june 2008, accepted 31st october 2008 first published as an advance article on the web 1st december 2008 doi. Air pollution reduces plant biodiversity and affects other ecosystem services, such as clean water, recreational activities and carbon storage. According to world health organization who, in the year of 2012, ambient air pollution aap caused 3 million deaths within the world and about 87% of these deaths occur in low and middleincome countries.
Fundamentals of air pollution is an important and widely used textbook in the environmental science and engineering community. Impacts of air pollution on human health, ecosystems and cultural heritage. The top ten preferred journals were in the field of environmental health. This introduction provides an overview and analysis of key scientific data regarding air pollution in china. It can also lead to acid rain, global warming, and smog. Track changes publication series 4 book 5 impacts of. Environment dying is global perilous point which catastrophically the human, animals and plants. The cost of air pollution consequences on the economy.
Air pollution can affect human health in a number of ways with both acute shortterm and chronic longterm effects. In this industrial age, air pollution cannot be eliminated completely. We aimed to evaluate the association between stroke incidence and exposure to pm air pollution. Nov 15, 2016 abstractwe examine distributional effects of changes in local air pollution from driving electric vehicles in the united states. Air pollution research journal of occupational biomed central.