Trends in urban air pollution over the last two decades: A global perspective

P Sicard, E Agathokleous, SC Anenberg… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Ground-level ozone (O 3), fine particles (PM 2.5), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) are
the most harmful urban air pollutants regarding human health effects. Here, we aimed at …

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and its effects on human health: An overeview

MA Mallah, L Changxing, MA Mallah, S Noreen, Y Liu… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are a class of chemicals of considerable
environmental significance. PAHs are chemical contaminants of fused carbon and hydrogen …

[HTML][HTML] Safe and just Earth system boundaries

J Rockström, J Gupta, D Qin, SJ Lade, JF Abrams… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
The stability and resilience of the Earth system and human well-being are inseparably
linked,–, yet their interdependencies are generally under-recognized; consequently, they …

Digital economy, energy efficiency, and carbon emissions: Evidence from provincial panel data in China

L Zhang, R Mu, Y Zhan, J Yu, L Liu, Y Yu… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Improving energy efficiency and lowering carbon emissions are of great importance to
realize the “dual carbon” goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. Digital economy is a …

Air pollution exposure disparities across US population and income groups

A Jbaily, X Zhou, J Liu, TH Lee, L Kamareddine… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Air pollution contributes to the global burden of disease, with ambient exposure to fine
particulate matter of diameters smaller than 2.5 μm (PM2. 5) being identified as the fifth …

[图书][B] WHO global air quality guidelines: particulate matter (PM2. 5 and PM10), ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide

World Health Organization - 2021 - books.google.com
The main objective of these updated global guidelines is to offer health-based air quality
guideline levels, expressed as long-term or short-term concentrations for six key air …

[HTML][HTML] Global air pollution exposure and poverty

J Rentschler, N Leonova - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Air pollution is one of the leading causes of health complications and mortality worldwide,
especially affecting lower-income groups, who tend to be more exposed and vulnerable …

[HTML][HTML] Global urban temporal trends in fine particulate matter (PM2· 5) and attributable health burdens: estimates from global datasets

VA Southerland, M Brauer, A Mohegh… - The Lancet Planetary …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background With much of the world's population residing in urban areas, an understanding
of air pollution exposures at the city level can inform mitigation approaches. Previous studies …

[HTML][HTML] Benzo[a]pyrene—Environmental Occurrence, Human Exposure, and Mechanisms of Toxicity

B Bukowska, K Mokra, J Michałowicz - International journal of molecular …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Benzo [a] pyrene (B [a] P) is the main representative of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs), and has been repeatedly found in the air, surface water, soil, and sediments. It is …

[HTML][HTML] Ammonia emissions from agriculture and their contribution to fine particulate matter: A review of implications for human health

KE Wyer, DB Kelleghan, V Blanes-Vidal… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric ammonia (NH 3) released from agriculture is contributing significantly to
acidification and atmospheric NH 3 may have on human health is much less readily …