Health impacts and burden of disease attributed to long-term exposure to atmospheric PM<sub>10</sub>/PM<sub>2.5</sub> in Karaj, Iran: effect of meteorological factors

Kermani, Majid; Arfaeinia, Hossein; Masroor, Kazhal; Abdolahnejad, Ali; Fanaei, Farzad; Shahsavani, Abbas; Tahmasbizadeh, Masoumeh; Vahidi, Mohammad Hossein

doi:10.1080/03067319.2020.1807534

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“… 45 In the meteorological data, no missing data were found but in the environmental data, about 5.2% missing data were observed that was acceptable according to the WHO guidelines. 23 …”

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“…45 In the meteorological data, no missing data were found but in the environmental data, about 5.2% missing data were observed that was acceptable according to the WHO guidelines. 23 To investigate the effect of Middle Eastern dust storms (MED) on death, the MED effect was divided into 3 general categories: main effect (M); intensified effect (I); and serious intensified effect (SI).…”

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“… 1 , 8 , 9 , 18 , 19 While some studies have reported that dust storms had no adverse effects on health, 20 , 21 the adverse health effects of air pollution caused by dust storms and their PMs have been supported by numerous studies. 1 , 8 , 9 , 18 , 19 , 22 , 23 Crooks et al 24 reported that dust storms significantly increased the risk of non-accidental death in the USA. In addition, Díaz et al 25 found that PM on days with dust storms is significantly associated with daily mortality.…”

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Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran

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Ostadtaghizadeh

Ardalan

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Background: Despite the fact that Iran has been exposed to severe dust storms during the past 2 decades, few studies have investigated the health effects of these events in Iran. This study was conducted to assess the association between dust storms and daily non-accidental, cardiovascular, and respiratory mortality in Dezful City (Khuzestan Province, Iran) during 2014 to 2019. Methods: In this study, mortality, meteorological, and climatological data were obtained from the Dezful University of Medical Sciences, Iranian Meteorological Organization, and Department of Environment in Khuzestan Province, respectively. Days of dust storm were identified based on the daily concentration threshold of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 10 μm (PM10) according to Hoffmanns҆ definition, and then an ecological time-series was used to estimate the short-term effects of dust storms on daily mortality. Statistical analysis was performed using a distributed lag linear model (DLM) and a distributed lag non-linear model (DLNM) packages by R software and the study results were reported as excess mortality. Results: During the study period, 15 223 deaths were recorded, and 139 dust storms occurred in Dezful city. In addition, there was statistically significant excess risk of mortality due to dust storms in Dezful City (mortality in the group under 15 years of age, lag4: 34.17% and 15-64 years of age groups, lag5: 32.19%, lag6: 3.28%), also dust storms had statistically significant effects on respiratory mortality (lag6: 5.49%). Conclusion: The findings of the current study indicate that dust storms increase the risk of mortality with some lags. An evidence-based early warning system may be able to aware the people of the health effects of dust storms.

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“… 45 In the meteorological data, no missing data were found but in the environmental data, about 5.2% missing data were observed that was acceptable according to the WHO guidelines. 23 …”

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Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran

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Ostadtaghizadeh

Ardalan

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“…The attributable percentage of overall mortality in Iran associated with PM 10 and PM 2.5 was 2.05 % (95 % confidence interval (CI): 1.3-2.7 %) and 3.5 % (95 % CI: 2.6-4.4 %), respectively, per rising 10 g/m 3 of these pollutants. The excess case of total mortality for PM 10 and PM 2.5 was 26 and 45, respectively [9].…”

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Environmental Risk Assessment Ascribed to Particulate Matter for Kota City, Rajasthan (India)

2022

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The present study analyses the current PM10 and PM2.5 pollution scenarios for Kota City (India) to evaluate human health and ecological environment risks associated with particulate matter pollution exposure. Particulate matter concentration revealed a falling trend during the research period, but PM10 and PM2.5 exceeded the Indian NAAQS and WHO standards. The dust ratio (PM10/PM2.5) has been increased over the years from 0.36 to 0.51. and continue to overgrow for Kota City, showing that fine particulates share more than 45% of total particulate matter. Kota exhibits a high exposure of population towards pollution compared to other megacities of the state. The ecological environment and health risk assessment showed the greater vulnerability of the people to potential risks caused by particulate matter as the risk level remained more than one throughout the research period. The exposure presents important conclusions to stakeholders and policymakers for the proper adoption of mitigation measures.

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“…It can be stated that currently there is virtually no clean or healthy air, and the human life is interwoven with unhealthy air [3]. One of the most important compounds present in the air which causes air pollution and adverse health effects for both humans and animals is particulate matters and their constituents [4][5][6]. Processes such as waste incineration, combustion of fossil fuels, the exhaust fumes of diesel trucks, emissions produced by vehicles, as well as dust can produce particulate matters, which can spread throughout the atmosphere [7].…”

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Characterization, possible sources and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound Heavy Metals in the most industrial city of Iran

Kermani

Jafari

Gholami

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Air pollution associated with particulate matters results in different types of disease including allergy, lung destruction, heart failure, and related problems. This study has been designed and performed to examine the concentration of PM 2.5 -bound heavy metals, risk assessment, possible sources and effect of meteorological parameters on 17 sites of the air of the most industrial city of Iran (Karaj) in 2018-19. For this purpose, four samples were taken from every point of Karaj air over one year using a pump (Leland Legacy (SKC)) with flow rate of 3 L/min on PTFE filter for 24 h. Overall, 68 samples of PM 2.5 -bound heavy metals were collected. Note that during the sampling, atmospheric parameters including temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind speed were regularly recorded using PHB318 portable device. In examining the chemical composition of these particles, the concentration of metals (Al-Zn-Ar-Cd-Cr-Cu-Fe-Hg-Mn-Ni-Pb) was determined after digestion of the collected samples and through injection into ICP-OEC device. The results indicated that the mean annual concentration of PM 2.5 particles range from 21.84 to 72.75 µg/m 3 . The mean concentration of heavy metals lied within the range of 25.63 to 336.27 ng/m 3 . Among heavy metals, the maximum concentration belonged to aluminum (277.95 ng/m 3 ) and iron (336.27 ng/m 3 ), which are known as elements with a ground source (sources such as car fuels, exhaust gases, decorative materials, batteries, indoor smoking, the paint used for painting walls, erosion and corrosion of rubber of cars). Meanwhile, there was a positive relationship between heavy metals and temperature(r: 0.418, p < 0.019), pressure (r: 0.184, p < 0.0.402), as well as wind speed (r: 0.38, p < 0.017), while an inverse relationship was observed with relative humidity (r: -0.219, p < 0.018). The ecological risk of the metals calculated was very notable, with the maximum environmental risk being related to cadmium in children (6.61) and manganese in adults (0.82). The largest HQ in children and adults was associated with Cr. Finally, ILCR values for cadmium in both children (1.19 E-04) and adult (4.81 E-04) groups indicated high risk of developing cancer in humans.

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Health impacts and burden of disease attributed to long-term exposure to atmospheric PM₁₀/PM_2.5 in Karaj, Iran: effect of meteorological factors

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Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran

Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran

Environmental Risk Assessment Ascribed to Particulate Matter for Kota City, Rajasthan (India)

Characterization, possible sources and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound Heavy Metals in the most industrial city of Iran

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Health impacts and burden of disease attributed to long-term exposure to atmospheric PM10/PM2.5 in Karaj, Iran: effect of meteorological factors

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Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran

Effect of Dust Storms on Non-Accidental, Cardiovascular, and Respiratory Mortality: A Case of Dezful City in Iran

Environmental Risk Assessment Ascribed to Particulate Matter for Kota City, Rajasthan (India)

Characterization, possible sources and health risk assessment of PM2.5-bound Heavy Metals in the most industrial city of Iran

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Health impacts and burden of disease attributed to long-term exposure to atmospheric PM₁₀/PM_2.5 in Karaj, Iran: effect of meteorological factors