Public Health Issues from the Exposure to Nitrogen Oxides: A Brief Review

Abstract

Changes in the modern way of life happened due to the industrial revolution, along with the evolution and increase in the use of technology. Despite the existing benefits, these changes caused the accumulation of pollutants and the proliferation of environmental pollution. From this perspective, the problem of exposure of humans to pollutants and contaminants in everyday life and working environments has been emerged. Air pollutants are a special category of which an interesting subcategory is the pollutants of nitrous oxides, rising sharply in the years of industrialization and automation of human life. In the present study, we will examine the properties of air pollutants, and in particular those of nitric oxides, referring to their environmental impacts and hence to the working environment, since the effects are similar along with some public health issues emerging from human exposure to the oxides of nitrogen.