[HTML][HTML] Chemical pollution: A growing peril and potential catastrophic risk to humanity

R Naidu, B Biswas, IR Willett, J Cribb, BK Singh… - Environment …, 2021 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic chemical pollution has the potential to pose one of the largest environmental
threats to humanity, but global understanding of the issue remains fragmented. This article …

Recent advances in the design of colorimetric sensors for environmental monitoring

B Liu, J Zhuang, G Wei - Environmental Science: Nano, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Colorimetric sensors and biosensors exhibit promising potential toward the detection of
metallic cations, anions, organic dyes, drugs, pesticides and other toxic pollutants due to …

[HTML][HTML] Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2. 5 and attributable mortality across multiple spatial scales

EE McDuffie, RV Martin, JV Spadaro, R Burnett… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Ambient fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) is the world's leading environmental health risk
factor. Reducing the PM 2.5 disease burden requires specific strategies that target dominant …

Global estimates and long-term trends of fine particulate matter concentrations (1998–2018)

MS Hammer, A van Donkelaar, C Li… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Exposure to outdoor fine particulate matter (PM2. 5) is a leading risk factor for mortality. We
develop global estimates of annual PM2. 5 concentrations and trends for 1998–2018 using …

Loss of life expectancy from air pollution compared to other risk factors: a worldwide perspective

J Lelieveld, A Pozzer, U Pöschl, M Fnais… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Aims Long-term exposure of humans to air pollution enhances the risk of cardiovascular and
respiratory diseases. A novel Global Exposure Mortality Model (GEMM) has been derived …

Stronger policy required to substantially reduce deaths from PM2.5 pollution in China

H Yue, C He, Q Huang, D Yin, BA Bryan - Nature Communications, 2020 - nature.com
Air pollution kills nearly 1 million people per year in China. In response, the Chinese
government implemented the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan (APPCAP) …

High-resolution air pollution mapping with Google street view cars: exploiting big data

JS Apte, KP Messier, S Gani, M Brauer… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Air pollution affects billions of people worldwide, yet ambient pollution measurements are
limited for much of the world. Urban air pollution concentrations vary sharply over short …

Aerosol health effects from molecular to global scales

M Shiraiwa, K Ueda, A Pozzer, G Lammel… - … science & technology, 2017 - ACS Publications
Poor air quality is globally the largest environmental health risk. Epidemiological studies
have uncovered clear relationships of gaseous pollutants and particulate matter (PM) with …

Bioaerosols in the Earth system: Climate, health, and ecosystem interactions

J Fröhlich-Nowoisky, CJ Kampf, B Weber… - Atmospheric …, 2016 - Elsevier
Aerosols of biological origin play a vital role in the Earth system, particularly in the
interactions between atmosphere, biosphere, climate, and public health. Airborne bacteria …

Air pollution in China: status and spatiotemporal variations

C Song, L Wu, Y Xie, J He, X Chen, T Wang, Y Lin… - Environmental …, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, China has experienced severe and persistent air pollution associated with
rapid urbanization and climate change. Three years' time series (January 2014 to December …