Air pollution from motor vehicles

Faiz, Asif; Weaver, Christopher S.; Walsh, Michael P.

doi:10.1596/0-8213-3444-1

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“…Hence, designing new motor engines, companies of interests should look forward. [137] This might be implemented in Iran in the futureImproving public transportation systems by using more subways (metro), trams, and electrical bus routes. Reducing the costs for the people who are using such systems is an optimal solution for lowering air pollution.…”

Section: Toxicology Of Air Pollutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of air pollution on human health and practical measures for prevention in Iran

2016

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Air pollution is a major concern of new civilized world, which has a serious toxicological impact on human health and the environment. It has a number of different emission sources, but motor vehicles and industrial processes contribute the major part of air pollution. According to the World Health Organization, six major air pollutants include particle pollution, ground-level ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and lead. Long and short term exposure to air suspended toxicants has a different toxicological impact on human including respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, neuropsychiatric complications, the eyes irritation, skin diseases, and long-term chronic diseases such as cancer. Several reports have revealed the direct association between exposure to the poor air quality and increasing rate of morbidity and mortality mostly due to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. Air pollution is considered as the major environmental risk factor in the incidence and progression of some diseases such as asthma, lung cancer, ventricular hypertrophy, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, psychological complications, autism, retinopathy, fetal growth, and low birth weight. In this review article, we aimed to discuss toxicology of major air pollutants, sources of emission, and their impact on human health. We have also proposed practical measures to reduce air pollution in Iran.

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Section: Toxicology Of Air Pollutionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Effects of air pollution on human health and practical measures for prevention in Iran

2016

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“…This will be reflected on the amount of pollution connected with such increase [6], as shown in table 1 below. The authors published two papers on pollution issues of automobiles in Erbil City [7] and in Kurdistan Region [8].…”

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Environmental issues caused by the increasing number of vehicles in Iraq

Jassim¹,

Ibraheem²,

Zangana³

2014

Energy and Sustainability V

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Iraq has witnessed a big challenge in the environmental issues due to the big increase in the production of various types of pollutants.We will try in this research to shed light on the pollutants produced by the increasing number of registered and used vehicles in Iraq.We have depended on extensive statistics published by the Ministry of Planning on the increasing numbers of registered and used vehicles (both gasoline and diesel types) classified according to each governorate in Iraq between 2007 and 2013. Studies of the environmental effects of such increase have been made, whereby statistics of the polluting gases (CO, CO2, NO x , and HC) and mass particulates were prepared, analysed and represented graphically in a comparable manner.The results of this research revealed the following results: An increase in the number of vehicles by 437% from 2007 to 2013. This was accompanied by an increase in the amount of daily pollutants (NOx, CO, HC and particulate mass) excluding CO 2 from 441 tons/day in 2007 to 1913 tons/day in 2013 and an increase of CO 2 from 6068 tons/day in 2007 to 27382 tons/day in 2013.

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“…Air pollution is an important public health problem in most cities in less developed countries (LDCs) [1]. Air pollution is the release of substances in their chemical, particulate, or biological states into the atmosphere which causes harm or discomfort to human beings and other living organisms or brings about damage to the natural or built environment [2].…”

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Carboxyhaemoglobin Levels among Traders Exposed to Vehicular Emissions in Three Motor Parks in Ibadan, Nigeria

Ogunseye

Ana

Uhiara

et al. 2018

Journal of Environmental and Public Health

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Carbon monoxide (CO) remains a leading cause of work-related chemical poisoning. Vehicular emissions are the primary daily ambient source of CO in urban Nigerian motor parks, where there have been few human exposure studies. Using a cross-sectional comparative design, we assessed carboxyhaemoglobin levels (% COHb), a biomarker of CO exposure, among traders at three motor parks (AMP, IMP, and NMP) and other traders (nonmotor park workers) in Ibadan, Nigeria, using a noninvasive pulse CO-dosimeter (Rad 57). Ninety-three traders were proportionally allocated between motor parks; 93 other traders were selected based on specific study inclusion criteria. Mean ages of motor park traders and other traders were comparable, 37.8 ± 11.1 and 38.7 ± 9.6, respectively. Mean % COHb for traders (range 3–22) at AMP, IMP, and NMP was 11.2 ± 3.8, 11.6 ± 3.1, and 12.2 ± 3.3, respectively, while mean % COHb for other traders was about three times lower, 4.1 ± 1.7 (range 2–8). Overall, mean % COHb for motor park traders, 11.7 ± 3.3, was also significantly higher than for other traders (p < 0.05). Nevertheless, mean % COHb for both groups exceeded the current World Health Organization guideline, 2.5%. This study suggested that motor park traders have higher % COHb and thus are highly susceptible to exposure and more vulnerable to known risks of adverse health effects from exposure to CO.

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Air pollution from motor vehicles

Cited by 235 publications

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Effects of air pollution on human health and practical measures for prevention in Iran

Effects of air pollution on human health and practical measures for prevention in Iran

Environmental issues caused by the increasing number of vehicles in Iraq

Carboxyhaemoglobin Levels among Traders Exposed to Vehicular Emissions in Three Motor Parks in Ibadan, Nigeria

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