Air Pollution and Lung Diseases

Cipolla, Maurizio; Sorgenti, Mario; Gentile, Carlo; Bishara, Marwa Maria

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62731-1_18

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“…Moreover, pollutants in the air that get absorbed systemically are significant underlying contributors to the emergence of respiratory viral infections [15], including the previous SARS-CoV-1 [16]. Air pollution strongly associates with other respiratory infections [9,12,15,[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24], inducing higher mortalities [10,11]. In particular, airborne particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10) has been linked to respiratory disease hospitalisations for pneumonia and chronic pulmonary diseases [17][18][19][20][21][22][23].…”

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Early Spread of COVID-19 in the Air-Polluted Regions of Eight Severely Affected Countries

Pansini

Fornacca

2021

Atmosphere

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COVID-19 escalated into a pandemic posing several humanitarian as well as scientific challenges. We here investigated the geographical character of the early spread of the infection and correlated it with several annual satellite and ground indexes of air quality in China, the United States, Italy, Iran, France, Spain, Germany, and the United Kingdom. The time of the analysis corresponded with the end of the first wave infection in China, namely June 2020. We found more viral infections in those areas afflicted by high PM 2.5 and nitrogen dioxide values. Higher mortality was also correlated with relatively poor air quality. In Italy, the correspondence between the Po Valley pollution and SARS-CoV-2 infections and induced mortality was the starkest, originating right in the most polluted European area. Spain and Germany did not present a noticeable gradient of pollution levels causing non-significant correlations. Densely populated areas were often hotspots of lower air quality levels but were not always correlated with a higher viral incidence. Air pollution has long been recognised as a high risk factor for several respiratory-related diseases and conditions, and it now appears to be a risk factor for COVID-19 as well. As such, air pollution should always be included as a factor for the study of airborne epidemics and further included in public health policies.

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Early Spread of COVID-19 in the Air-Polluted Regions of Eight Severely Affected Countries

Pansini

Fornacca

2021

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“…Moreover, pollutants in the air which get absorbed systemically are significant underlying contributors to the emergence of respiratory viral infections 14 including the previous SARS-CoV-1 15 . Air pollution has been shown to be strongly associated with a high incidence of other respiratory infections 9,12,14,16-23 and higher mortality rates 10,11 . In particular, PM 10 and PM 2.5 have been linked to respiratory disease hospitalisations for pneumonia and chronic pulmonary diseases 16-22 .…”

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“…Air pollution has been shown to be strongly associated with a high incidence of other respiratory infections 9,12,14,16-23 and higher mortality rates 10,11 . In particular, PM 10 and PM 2.5 have been linked to respiratory disease hospitalisations for pneumonia and chronic pulmonary diseases 16-22 . The ACE2 receptors of bronchial, alveolar, interstitial and other pulmonary cells can undergo to a state of chronic cellular inflammation due to air pollution and, concurrently, SARS-CoV-2 24 .…”

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Early evidence of a higher incidence of COVID-19 in the air-polluted regions of eight severely affected countries

Pansini

Fornacca

2020

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“…Our model also shows an indirect positive impact of improved air quality in containing the disease transmission and death. Air pollution is known to have a strong association with a high incidence of various respiratory infections ( Cipolla et al, 2018 ; Silva et al, 2014 ; Zhang et al, 2020 ), and higher mortality rates ( Lelieveld et al, 2015 ). Evidence shows high cases of COVID-19 in highly polluted areas of China, Italy, and the United States, the countries with higher cases ( Pansini and Fornacca, 2020 ).…”

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Coupled human-environment system amid COVID-19 crisis: A conceptual model to understand the nexus

Sarkar

Debnath

Reang

2021

Science of The Total Environment

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The world today is dealing with a havoc crisis due to the pervasive outbreak of COVID-19. As a preventive measure against the pandemic, government authorities worldwide have implemented and adopted strict policy interventions such as lockdown, social distancing, and quarantine to curtail the disease transmission. Consequently, humans have been experiencing several ill impacts, while the natural environment has been reaping the benefits of the interventions. Therefore, it is imperative to understand the interlinked relationship between human society and the natural environment amid the current crisis. Herein, we performed a meta-analysis of existing literature reporting the various impacts of COVID-19 on human society and the natural environment. A conceptual model was developed to portray and address how the interaction of the existing elements of both sub-components of the coupled human-environment system (CHES) – human society and natural environment – are impacted by the government interventions. Results revealed a suite of positive and negative impacts of COVID-19 on both the sub-components. Our model provides an explicit impression of the complex nexus of CHES amid the current crisis. The proposed conceptual model could help in understanding the complex nexus by identifying the route of short-term impacts of COVID-19 measures and thus may aid in identifying priority areas for discussion and planning in similar crises as well.

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Air Pollution and Lung Diseases

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

Early Spread of COVID-19 in the Air-Polluted Regions of Eight Severely Affected Countries

Early Spread of COVID-19 in the Air-Polluted Regions of Eight Severely Affected Countries

Early evidence of a higher incidence of COVID-19 in the air-polluted regions of eight severely affected countries

Coupled human-environment system amid COVID-19 crisis: A conceptual model to understand the nexus

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