Forest fires are associated with elevated mortality in a dense urban setting

Analitis, Antonis; Georgiadis, Ioannis; Katsouyanni, Klea

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“…The impact of this increased pollution on the health of local populations has been well documented [9,11,13,17,29,30,[85][86][87]. For example, Duclos et al showed a 40% and 30% increase in number of local emergency room visits for asthma and COPD respectively, during 1987 forest fires in northern California [13].…”

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Canadian Forest Fires and the Effects of Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Hospitalizations among the Elderly

Breysse

McDermott

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In July 2002, lightning strikes ignited over 250 fires in Quebec, Canada, destroying over one million hectares of forest. The smoke plume generated from the fires had a major impact on air quality across the east coast of the U.S. Using data from the Medicare National Claims History File and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National air pollution monitoring network, we evaluated the health impact of smoke exposure on 5.9 million elderly people (ages 65+) in the Medicare population in 81 counties in 11 northeastern and Mid-Atlantic States of the US. We estimated differences OPEN ACCESS ISPRS Int. J. Geo-Inf. 2014, 3 714 in the exposure to ambient PM 2.5 -airborne particulate matter with aerodynamic diameter of ≤2.5 µm-concentrations and hospitalizations for cardiovascular, pulmonary and injury outcomes, before and during the smoke episode. We found that there was an associated 49.6% (95% confidence interval (CI), 29.8, 72.3) and 64.9% (95% CI, 44.3-88.5) increase rate of hospitalization for respiratory and cardiovascular diagnoses, respectively, when the smoke plume was present compared to before the smoke plume had arrived. Our study suggests that rapid increases in PM 2.5 concentrations resulting from wildfire smoke can impact the health of elderly populations thousands of kilometers removed from the fires.

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Canadian Forest Fires and the Effects of Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Hospitalizations among the Elderly

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“…Significant cardiovascular effects during major forest fires have been reported, although it is not entirely clear what proportion of this could be attributed to exposure to PM (Analitis, Georgiadis & Katsouyanni, 2012). In contrast, evidence has continued to accumulate on the effects of wildfire smoke on respiratory health; in recent studies, not only total respiratory admissions and/or emergency department visits, but also visits due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, acute bronchitis, and pneumonia have been considered.…”

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Horsley

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Medical Journal of Australia

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This document presents answers to 24 questions relevant to reviewing European policies on air pollution and to addressing health aspects of these policies. The answers were developed by a large group of scientists engaged in the WHO project "Review of evidence on health aspects of air pollution -REVIHAAP". The experts reviewed and discussed the newly accumulated scientific evidence on the adverse effects on health of air pollution, formulating science-based answers to the 24 questions. Extensive rationales for the answers, including the list of key references, are provided. The review concludes that a considerable amount of new scientific information on the adverse effects on health of particulate matter, ozone and nitrogen dioxide, observed at levels commonly present in Europe, has been published in recent years. This new evidence supports the scientific conclusions of the WHO air quality guidelines, last updated in 2005, and indicates that the effects in some cases occur at air pollution concentrations lower than those serving to establish these guidelines. It also provides scientific arguments for taking decisive actions to improve air quality and reduce the burden of disease associated with air pollution in Europe.This publication arises from the project REVIHAAP and has been co-funded by the European Union. Keywords AIR POLLUTANTS AIR POLLUTION -ADVERSE EFFECTS ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE GUIDELINES HEALTH POLICYAddress requests about publications of the WHO Regional Office for Europe to: Publications WHO Regional Office for Europe Scherfigsvej 8 DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark Alternatively, complete an online request form for documentation, health information, or for permission to quote or translate, on the Regional Office web site (http://www.euro.who.int/pubrequest). © World Health Organization 2013All rights reserved. The Regional Office for Europe of the World Health Organization welcomes requests for permission to reproduce or translate its publications, in part or in full.The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the World Health Organization concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. Dotted lines on maps represent approximate borderlines for which there may not yet be full agreement.The mention of specific companies or of certain manufacturers products does not imply that they are endorsed or recommended by the World Health Organization in preference to others of a similar nature that are not mentioned. Errors and omissions excepted, the names of proprietary products are distinguished by initial capital letters.All reasonable precautions have been taken by the World Health Organization to verify the information contained in this publication. However, the published material is being distributed without warranty of any kind, either express or implied. ...

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“…En estudios realizados sobre localizaciones específicas, el aumento de la mortalidad relacionado con la exposición al humo de incendios, en comparación con periodos sin incendios, se sitúa desde el 1,2 % para niños durante el evento (Jayachandran 2009) hasta el 92 % en relación a la mortalidad respiratoria durante los días de un gran incendio ocurrido en Atenas (Analitis et al 2012). Dado que los incendios ocurren sobre todo durante el verano, Shaposhnikov et al examinaron la interacción entre el calor y el humo derivado de incendios y estimaron que la temperatura y las PM 10 (debidas en gran parte a los incendios forestales) contribuyeron de manera conjunta a más de 2 000 defunciones en Moscú (Shaposhnikov et al 2014).…”

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“…En este sentido, se asume que un mayor número de incendios o un mayor tamaño, resultan en una mayor emisión y exposición (Caamaño-Isorna et al 2011;Analitis et al 2012). …”

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“…Distintos estudios que han encontrado algún efecto del humo de los incendios forestales en la mortalidad han partido de una población mayor, que llega a superar los 3 millones de habitantes (Analitis et al 2012, Johnston et al 2011, Hänninen et al 2009, Linares et al 2014 o incluso los 14 millones en conjunto, en el metaanálisis llevado a cabo sobre 10 ciudades europeas (Faustini et al 2015).…”

Forest fires are associated with elevated mortality in a dense urban setting

Abstract: Forest fires have an immediate effect on mortality, not associated with accidental deaths, which is a significant public health problem, especially if the fire occurs near a densely populated area.

Cited by 81 publications

References 25 publications

Canadian Forest Fires and the Effects of Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Hospitalizations among the Elderly

Canadian Forest Fires and the Effects of Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Hospitalizations among the Elderly

A rapid assessment of the impact of hazard reduction burning around Sydney, May 2016

Exposición al humo de incendios forestales y mortalidad en Valencia

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