Air Pollution in South Texas: A Short Communication of Health Risks and Implications

IF 4.3 2区环境科学与生态学 Q1 CONSTRUCTION & BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

Indoor air Pub Date : 2023-03-30 DOI:10.3390/air1020008

Sai Deepak Pinakana, Esmeralda Mendez, Ismaila Ibrahim, Md. Salahuddin Majumder, Amit U. Raysoni

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Abstract

Air pollution is a major public health concern. The region of South Texas in the United States has experienced high levels of air pollution in recent years due to an increase in population, cross-border trade between the U.S.A. and Mexico, and high vehicular activity. This review assesses the relationships between human health and air pollution in South Texas. A thorough scientific search was performed using PubMed, Science Direct, and ProQuest, with most of the literature focusing on the source apportionment of particulate matter that is 2.5 microns or less in width (PM2.5), Carbon Dioxide (CO2), carbon monoxide (CO), Black Carbon (BC), and associated health risks for children and pregnant women. Findings from the source apportionment studies suggest the role of industries, automobiles emissions, agricultural burning, construction work, and unpaved roads in the overall deterioration of air quality and deleterious health effects, such as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. This review demonstrates the pressing need for more air pollution and health effects studies in this region, especially the Brownsville–Harlingen–McAllen metropolitan area.

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南德克萨斯州的空气污染:健康风险和影响的简短交流

空气污染是一个主要的公共卫生问题。近年来，由于人口增加、美国和墨西哥之间的跨境贸易以及车辆活动频繁，美国南德克萨斯州地区的空气污染程度很高。本综述评估了南德克萨斯州人类健康与空气污染之间的关系。使用PubMed、Science Direct和ProQuest进行了彻底的科学搜索，大多数文献集中在宽度为2.5微米或更小的颗粒物(PM2.5)、二氧化碳(CO2)、一氧化碳(CO)、黑碳(BC)的来源分配以及对儿童和孕妇的相关健康风险。来源分配研究的结果表明，工业、汽车排放、农业燃烧、建筑工作和未铺设的道路在整体空气质量恶化和有害健康影响(如呼吸系统和心血管疾病)中的作用。这一综述表明迫切需要在该地区，特别是布朗斯维尔-哈林根-麦卡伦大都市区开展更多的空气污染和健康影响研究。

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Indoor air 环境科学-工程：环境

CiteScore

10.80

自引率

10.30%

发文量

175

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： The quality of the environment within buildings is a topic of major importance for public health. Indoor Air provides a location for reporting original research results in the broad area defined by the indoor environment of non-industrial buildings. An international journal with multidisciplinary content, Indoor Air publishes papers reflecting the broad categories of interest in this field: health effects; thermal comfort; monitoring and modelling; source characterization; ventilation and other environmental control techniques. The research results present the basic information to allow designers, building owners, and operators to provide a healthy and comfortable environment for building occupants, as well as giving medical practitioners information on how to deal with illnesses related to the indoor environment.

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