Click
here to close Hello! We notice that
you are using Internet Explorer, which is not supported by Echinobase
and may cause the site to display incorrectly. We suggest using a
current version of Chrome,
FireFox,
or Safari.
Int J Environ Res Public Health
2016 Jul 11;137:. doi: 10.3390/ijerph13070694.
Show Gene links
Show Anatomy links
Health Impact Assessment of Air Pollution in São Paulo, Brazil.
Abe KC
,
Miraglia SG
.
Abstract
Epidemiological research suggests that air pollution may cause chronic diseases, as well as exacerbation of related pathologies such as cardiovascular and respiratory morbidity and mortality. This study evaluates air pollution scenarios considering a Health Impact Assessment approach in São Paulo, Brazil. We have analyzed abatement scenarios of Particulate Matter (PM) with an aerodynamic diameter <10 μm (PM10), <2.5 μm (PM2.5) and ozone concentrations and the health effects on respiratory and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the period from 2009 to 2011 through the APHEKOM tool, as well as the associated health costs. Considering World Health Organization (WHO) standards of PM2.5 (10 μg/m³), São Paulo would avoid more than 5012 premature deaths (equivalent to 266,486 life years'' gain) and save US$15.1 billion annually. If São Paulo could even diminish the mean of PM2.5 by 5 μg/m³, nearly 1724 deaths would be avoided, resulting in a gain of US$ 4.96 billion annually. Reduced levels of PM10, PM2.5 and ozone could save lives and an impressive amount of money in a country where economic resources are scarce. Moreover, the reduced levels of air pollution would also lower the demand for hospital care, since hospitalizations would diminish. In this sense, Brazil should urgently adopt WHO air pollution standards in order to improve the quality of life of its population.
Bilenko,
Associations between particulate matter composition and childhood blood pressure--The PIAMA study.
2015, Pubmed
Bilenko,
Associations between particulate matter composition and childhood blood pressure--The PIAMA study.
2015,
Pubmed
Brajer,
Air pollution, its mortality risk, and economic impacts in tehran, iran.
2012,
Pubmed
Brook,
Particulate matter air pollution and cardiovascular disease: An update to the scientific statement from the American Heart Association.
2010,
Pubmed
Brunekreef,
Air pollution and health.
2002,
Pubmed
Burnett,
An integrated risk function for estimating the global burden of disease attributable to ambient fine particulate matter exposure.
2014,
Pubmed
Chanel,
Economic valuation of the mortality benefits of a regulation on SO2 in 20 European cities.
2014,
Pubmed
Chanel,
The hidden economic burden of air pollution-related morbidity: evidence from the Aphekom project.
2016,
Pubmed
Devlin,
Exposure of humans to ambient levels of ozone for 6.6 hours causes cellular and biochemical changes in the lung.
1991,
Pubmed
Devos,
Cost saving potential in cardiovascular hospital costs due to reduction in air pollution.
2015,
Pubmed
Foster,
Regional clearance of solute from the respiratory epithelia: 18-20 h postexposure to ozone.
1996,
Pubmed
Foster,
Regional clearance of solute from peripheral airway epithelia: recovery after sublobar exposure to ozone.
1999,
Pubmed
Foster,
Ozone exposure alters tracheobronchial mucociliary function in humans.
1987,
Pubmed
Franklin,
Air pollution and cardiovascular disease.
2015,
Pubmed
Gryparis,
Acute effects of ozone on mortality from the "air pollution and health: a European approach" project.
2004,
Pubmed
Karottki,
Indoor and outdoor exposure to ultrafine, fine and microbiologically derived particulate matter related to cardiovascular and respiratory effects in a panel of elderly urban citizens.
2015,
Pubmed
Künzli,
Public-health impact of outdoor and traffic-related air pollution: a European assessment.
2000,
Pubmed
Medina,
The Apheis project: Air Pollution and Health-A European Information System.
2009,
Pubmed
Medina,
Quantifying the health impacts of outdoor air pollution: useful estimations for public health action.
2013,
Pubmed
Miraglia,
An evaluation of air pollution health impacts and costs in São Paulo, Brazil.
2005,
Pubmed
Miraglia,
[Costs of air pollution in Brazilian metropolitan regions].
2014,
Pubmed
Pascal,
Assessing the public health impacts of urban air pollution in 25 European cities: results of the Aphekom project.
2013,
Pubmed
Perez,
Chronic burden of near-roadway traffic pollution in 10 European cities (APHEKOM network).
2013,
Pubmed
Pope,
Lung cancer, cardiopulmonary mortality, and long-term exposure to fine particulate air pollution.
2002,
Pubmed
Pope,
Cardiovascular mortality and long-term exposure to particulate air pollution: epidemiological evidence of general pathophysiological pathways of disease.
2004,
Pubmed
Pope,
Relationships between fine particulate air pollution, cardiometabolic disorders, and cardiovascular mortality.
2015,
Pubmed
Pope,
Relation of heart failure hospitalization to exposure to fine particulate air pollution.
2008,
Pubmed
Sanchez-Guerra,
Effects of particulate matter exposure on blood 5-hydroxymethylation: results from the Beijing truck driver air pollution study.
2015,
Pubmed
WHO Regional Office for Europe,
2013,
Pubmed
Wang,
PM2.5 and Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly: An Overview.
2015,
Pubmed
