Modelling benzo[a]pyrene in air and vegetation for different land uses and assessment of increased health risk in the Iberian Peninsula

Ratola, Nuno; Jiménez‐Guerrero, Pedro

doi:10.1007/s11356-015-5394-6

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“…Two modelling studies assessed the amount of air pollutants removed/intercepted by trees and compared them to established air quality and health standards [47,48]. In the cross-sectional studies, several positive outcomes and a few neutral findings were reported.…”

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Urban Trees and Human Health: A Scoping Review

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The urban forest is a green infrastructure system that delivers multiple environmental, economic, social and health services, and functions in cities. Environmental benefits of urban trees are well understood, but no review to date has examined how urban trees affect human health. This review provides a comprehensive summary of existing literature on the health impacts of urban trees that can inform future research, policy, and nature-based public health interventions. A systematic search used keywords representing human health, environmental health, and urban forestry. Following screening and appraisal of several thousand articles, 201 studies were conceptually sorted into a three-part framework. Reducing Harm, representing 41% of studies, includes topics such as air pollution, ultraviolet radiation, heat exposure, and pollen. Restoring Capacities, at 31%, includes attention restoration, mental health, stress reduction, and clinical outcomes. Building Capacities, at 28%, includes topics such as birth outcomes, active living, and weight status. The studies that were reviewed show substantial heterogeneity in purpose and method yet indicate important health outcomes associated with people’s exposure to trees. This review will help inform future research and practice, and demonstrates why urban forest planning and management should strategically promote trees as a social determinant of public health.

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Section: Air Pollutants and Respiratory Conditionmentioning

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Urban Trees and Human Health: A Scoping Review

Wolf

Lam

McKeen

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“…They are ubiquitous in the environment in gas and particulate form and can have an effect on human health through several forms of exposure (inhalation, diet, etc.). Among them, benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), with a five-aromatic ring molecular structure (thus present in the atmosphere mainly as particulate matter) (Ratola and Jiménez-Guerrero 2015) is possibly the most studied congener of this group of compounds and is often considered as the PAHs "representative" in environmental research (Nisbet and LaGoy 1992;Ratola and Jiménez-Guerrero 2017).…”

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Influence of the North Atlantic oscillation on the atmospheric levels of benzo[a]pyrene over Europe

Jiménez‐Guerrero

Ratola

2021

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The atmospheric concentration of persistent organic pollutants (and of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs, in particular) is closely related to climate change and climatic fluctuations, which are likely to influence contaminant’s transport pathways and transfer processes. Predicting how climate variability alters PAHs concentrations in the atmosphere still poses an exceptional challenge. In this sense, the main objective of this contribution is to assess the relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index and the mean concentration of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP, the most studied PAH congener) in a domain covering Europe, with an emphasis on the effect of regional-scale processes. A numerical simulation for a present climate period of 30 years was performed using a regional chemistry transport model with a 25 km spatial resolution (horizontal), higher than those commonly applied. The results show an important seasonal behaviour, with a remarkable spatial pattern of difference between the north and the south of the domain. In winter, higher BaP ground levels are found during the NAO+ phase for the Mediterranean basin, while the spatial pattern of this feature (higher BaP levels during NAO+ phases) moves northwards in summer. These results show deviations up to and sometimes over 100% in the BaP mean concentrations, but statistically significant signals (p<0.1) of lower changes (20–40% variations in the signal) are found for the north of the domain in winter and for the south in summer.

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Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the Atmospheric Levels of Benzo[a]pyrene Over Europe

Jiménez‐Guerrero

Ratola²

2021

Preprint

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The atmospheric concentration of persistent organic pollutants (and of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PAHs, in particular) is closely related to climate change and climatic fluctuations, which are likely to influence contaminant transport pathways and transfer processes. Predicting how climate variability alters PAHs concentrations in the atmosphere still poses an exceptional challenge. In this sense, the main objective of this contribution is to assess the relationship between the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) index and the mean concentration of benzo[a]pyrene (BaP, the most studied PAH congener) in a domain covering Europe, with an emphasis on the effect of regional-scale processes. A numerical simulation for a present climate period of 30 years was performed using a regional chemistry transport model with a 25 km spatial resolution (horizontal), higher than those commonly applied. The results show an important seasonal behaviour, with a remarkable spatial pattern of difference between the north and the south of the domain. In winter, higher BaP ground levels are found during the NAO+ phase for the Mediterranean basin, while the spatial pattern of this feature (higher BaP levels during NAO+ phases) moves northwards in summer. These results show deviations up to and sometimes over 100% in the BaP mean concentrations, but statistically significant signals (p<0.1) of lower changes (20 to 40% variations in the signal) are found for the north of the domain in winter and for the south in summer.

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Modelling benzo[a]pyrene in air and vegetation for different land uses and assessment of increased health risk in the Iberian Peninsula

Abstract: The ability of the modelling system WRF+CHIMERE implemented with high spatial and temporal resolution over the Iberian Peninsula (IP) to represent the levels of benzo

Cited by 9 publications

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Urban Trees and Human Health: A Scoping Review

Urban Trees and Human Health: A Scoping Review

Influence of the North Atlantic oscillation on the atmospheric levels of benzo[a]pyrene over Europe

Influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation on the Atmospheric Levels of Benzo[a]pyrene Over Europe

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