Human health risk due to variations in PM<SUB>10</SUB>-PM<SUB>2.5</SUB> and associated PAHs levels

WHO (2012) reports that chronic exposure to air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM), causes the death of 7 million people, constituting the most important environmental risk for health in the world. IARC classifies contaminated outdoor air as carcinogenic, Group 1 category. However, in our...

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Autores principales: Sosa, Beatriz Soledad, Porta, Atilio Andrés, Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban, Banda Noriega, Roxana, Massolo, Laura Andrea
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Publicado: 2017
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Química
Air quality
PM
PM-PAHs
Environmental burden of disease
Unit Risk
Tandil Argentina
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/154717
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spelling I19-R120-10915-1547172023-06-27T20:07:08Z http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/154717 issn:1352-2310 Human health risk due to variations in PM<SUB>10</SUB>-PM<SUB>2.5</SUB> and associated PAHs levels Sosa, Beatriz Soledad Porta, Atilio Andrés Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban Banda Noriega, Roxana Massolo, Laura Andrea 2017 2023-06-27T15:04:26Z en Química Air quality PM PM-PAHs Environmental burden of disease Unit Risk Tandil Argentina WHO (2012) reports that chronic exposure to air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM), causes the death of 7 million people, constituting the most important environmental risk for health in the world. IARC classifies contaminated outdoor air as carcinogenic, Group 1 category. However, in our countries there are few studies regarding air pollution levels and possible associated effects on public health. The current study determined PM and associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) levels in outdoor air, identified their possible emission sources and analysed health risks in the city of Tandil (Argentina). PM10 and PM2.5 samples were collected using a low volume sampler (MiniVol TAS) in three areas: city centre, industrial and residential. Concentrations were determined by gravimetric methods and the content of the US EPA 16 priority PAHs was found by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Description of the main emission sources and selection of monitoring sites resulted from spatial analysis and the IVE (International Vehicle Emissions) model was used in the characterisation of the traffic flow. Median values of 35.7 mgm-3 and 9.6 mgm-3 in PM10 and PM2.5 respectively and characteristic profiles were found for each area. Local values PAHs associated to PM10 and PM2.5, in general, were lower than 10ngm-3. The estimated Unit Risk for the three areas exceeds US EPA standards (9 10 5). The number of deaths attributable to short term exposure to outdoor PM10 was 4 cases in children under 5 years of age, and 21 cases in total population, for a relative risk of 1.037. Centro de Investigaciones del Medioambiente Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Ciencias Aplicadas Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires Comisión de Investigaciones Científicas de la provincia de Buenos Aires Articulo Articulo http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) application/pdf 27-35
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topic Química
Air quality
PM
PM-PAHs
Environmental burden of disease
Unit Risk
Tandil Argentina
spellingShingle Química
Air quality
PM
PM-PAHs
Environmental burden of disease
Unit Risk
Tandil Argentina
Sosa, Beatriz Soledad
Porta, Atilio Andrés
Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
Banda Noriega, Roxana
Massolo, Laura Andrea
Human health risk due to variations in PM<SUB>10</SUB>-PM<SUB>2.5</SUB> and associated PAHs levels
topic_facet Química
Air quality
PM
PM-PAHs
Environmental burden of disease
Unit Risk
Tandil Argentina
description WHO (2012) reports that chronic exposure to air pollutants, including particulate matter (PM), causes the death of 7 million people, constituting the most important environmental risk for health in the world. IARC classifies contaminated outdoor air as carcinogenic, Group 1 category. However, in our countries there are few studies regarding air pollution levels and possible associated effects on public health. The current study determined PM and associated polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) levels in outdoor air, identified their possible emission sources and analysed health risks in the city of Tandil (Argentina). PM10 and PM2.5 samples were collected using a low volume sampler (MiniVol TAS) in three areas: city centre, industrial and residential. Concentrations were determined by gravimetric methods and the content of the US EPA 16 priority PAHs was found by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Description of the main emission sources and selection of monitoring sites resulted from spatial analysis and the IVE (International Vehicle Emissions) model was used in the characterisation of the traffic flow. Median values of 35.7 mgm-3 and 9.6 mgm-3 in PM10 and PM2.5 respectively and characteristic profiles were found for each area. Local values PAHs associated to PM10 and PM2.5, in general, were lower than 10ngm-3. The estimated Unit Risk for the three areas exceeds US EPA standards (9 10 5). The number of deaths attributable to short term exposure to outdoor PM10 was 4 cases in children under 5 years of age, and 21 cases in total population, for a relative risk of 1.037.
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author Sosa, Beatriz Soledad
Porta, Atilio Andrés
Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
Banda Noriega, Roxana
Massolo, Laura Andrea
author_facet Sosa, Beatriz Soledad
Porta, Atilio Andrés
Colman Lerner, Jorge Esteban
Banda Noriega, Roxana
Massolo, Laura Andrea
author_sort Sosa, Beatriz Soledad
title Human health risk due to variations in PM<SUB>10</SUB>-PM<SUB>2.5</SUB> and associated PAHs levels
title_short Human health risk due to variations in PM<SUB>10</SUB>-PM<SUB>2.5</SUB> and associated PAHs levels
title_full Human health risk due to variations in PM<SUB>10</SUB>-PM<SUB>2.5</SUB> and associated PAHs levels
title_fullStr Human health risk due to variations in PM<SUB>10</SUB>-PM<SUB>2.5</SUB> and associated PAHs levels
title_full_unstemmed Human health risk due to variations in PM<SUB>10</SUB>-PM<SUB>2.5</SUB> and associated PAHs levels
title_sort human health risk due to variations in pm<sub>10</sub>-pm<sub>2.5</sub> and associated pahs levels
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