Toxic cyanobacteria: a growing threat to water and air quality

HE Plaas, HW Paerl - Environmental science & technology, 2020 - ACS Publications
The global expansion of harmful cyanobacterial blooms (CyanoHABs) poses an increasing
threat to public health. CyanoHABs are characterized by the production of toxic metabolites …

Environmental pollution and kidney diseases

X Xu, S Nie, H Ding, FF Hou - Nature Reviews Nephrology, 2018 - nature.com
The burden of disease and death attributable to environmental pollution is becoming a
public health challenge worldwide, especially in developing countries. The kidney is …

[HTML][HTML] Does air pollution influence COVID-19 outbreaks?

D Contini, F Costabile - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
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Aerosol and boundary-layer interactions and impact on air quality

Z Li, J Guo, A Ding, H Liao, J Liu, Y Sun… - National Science …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
Air quality is concerned with pollutants in both the gas phase and solid or liquid phases. The
latter are referred to as aerosols, which are multifaceted agents affecting air quality, weather …

The mortality and medical costs of air pollution: Evidence from changes in wind direction

T Deryugina, G Heutel, NH Miller, D Molitor… - American Economic …, 2019 - aeaweb.org
We estimate the causal effects of acute fine particulate matter exposure on mortality, health
care use, and medical costs among the US elderly using Medicare data. We instrument for …

The winter choke: coal-fired heating, air pollution, and mortality in China

M Fan, G He, M Zhou - Journal of Health Economics, 2020 - Elsevier
China's coal-fired winter heating systems generate large amounts of hazardous emissions
that significantly deteriorate air quality. Exploiting regression discontinuity designs based on …

Application of common duckweed (Lemna minor) in phytoremediation of chemicals in the environment: State and future perspective

AO Ekperusi, FD Sikoki, EO Nwachukwu - Chemosphere, 2019 - Elsevier
Over the past 50 years, different strategies have been developed for the remediation of
polluted air, land and water. Driven by public opinion and regulatory bottlenecks, ecological …

Formation of urban fine particulate matter

R Zhang, G Wang, S Guo, ML Zamora, Q Ying… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Urban air pollution represents one of the greatest environmental challenges facing mankind
in the 21st century. 1, 2 Noticeably, many developing countries, such as China and India …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of air pollutants on airway diseases

YG Lee, PH Lee, SM Choi, MH An, AS Jang - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Air pollutants include toxic particles and gases emitted in large quantities from many
different combustible materials. They also include particulate matter (PM) and ozone, and …

Particulate pollution and the productivity of pear packers

T Chang, J Graff Zivin, T Gross… - … Journal: Economic Policy, 2016 - pubs.aeaweb.org
We study the effect of outdoor air pollution on the productivity of indoor workers at a pear-
packing factory. Increases in fine particulate matter (PM2. 5), a pollutant that readily …