Browsing by Subject "Particulate Matter"
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A method of assessing air toxics concentrations in urban areas using mobile platform measurements.
(J Air Waste Manag Assoc, 2007-11)The objective of this paper is to demonstrate an approach to characterize the spatial variability in ambient air concentrations using mobile platform measurements. This approach may be useful for air toxics assessments in ... -
Controlled human exposures to ambient pollutant particles in susceptible populations.
(Environmental health : a global access science source, 2009-01)Epidemiologic studies have established an association between exposures to air pollution particles and human mortality and morbidity at concentrations of particles currently found in major metropolitan areas. The adverse ... -
Environmental Impacts of the Coal Ash Spill in Kingston, Tennessee: An 18-Month Survey
(2010)An 18 month investigation of the environmental impacts of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee combined with leaching experiments on the spilled TVA coal ash have revealed that leachable ... -
Exposure to concentrated coarse air pollution particles causes mild cardiopulmonary effects in healthy young adults.
(Environmental health perspectives, 2009-07)BACKGROUND: There is ample epidemiologic and toxicologic evidence that exposure to fine particulate matter (PM) air pollution [aerodynamic diameter < or = 2.5 microm (PM(2.5))], which derives primarily from combustion processes, ... -
Global air quality and health co-benefits of mitigating near-term climate change through methane and black carbon emission controls.
(Environ Health Perspect, 2012-06)BACKGROUND: Tropospheric ozone and black carbon (BC), a component of fine particulate matter (PM ≤ 2.5 µm in aerodynamic diameter; PM(2.5)), are associated with premature mortality and they disrupt global and regional climate. ... -
Long-term dynamics of death rates of emphysema, asthma, and pneumonia and improving air quality.
(Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis, 2014)BACKGROUND: The respiratory tract is a major target of exposure to air pollutants, and respiratory diseases are associated with both short- and long-term exposures. We hypothesized that improved air quality in North Carolina ... -
Survey of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of the coal ash spill in Kingston, Tennessee.
(Environ Sci Technol, 2009-08-15)An investigation of the potential environmental and health impacts in the immediate aftermath of one of the largest coal ash spills in U.S. history at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Kingston coal-burning power plant ... -
Temporal and spatial distribution of health, labor, and crop benefits of climate change mitigation in the United States.
(Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2021-11)Societal benefits from climate change mitigation accrue via multiple pathways. We examine the US impacts of emission changes on several factors that are affected by both climate and air quality responses. Nationwide benefits ... -
The toxicology of climate change: environmental contaminants in a warming world.
(Environ Int, 2009-08)Climate change induced by anthropogenic warming of the earth's atmosphere is a daunting problem. This review examines one of the consequences of climate change that has only recently attracted attention: namely, the effects ... -
TRPV4-mediated calcium influx into human bronchial epithelia upon exposure to diesel exhaust particles.
(Environ Health Perspect, 2011-06)BACKGROUND: Human respiratory epithelia function in airway mucociliary clearance and barrier function and have recently been implicated in sensory functions. OBJECTIVE: We investigated a link between chronic obstructive ...
