Air Pollution XXII

Air Pollution XXII
Author: J.W.S. Longhurst
Publisher: WIT Press
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2014-07-07
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1845647831

The proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Modelling, Monitoring and Management of Air Pollution, builds upon the prestigious outcomes of the 21 preceding meetings beginning in 1993.Topics covered include: Air pollution modelling; Air pollution mitigation; Air pollution management; Aerosols and particles; Emission studies.

Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases

Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases
Author: Fabio Capello
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 677
Release: 2018-02-21
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 3319627317

This book examines in detail the clinical implications of those diseases that either are primarily triggered by air pollution or represent direct consequences of air pollutants. The aim is to provide medical practitioners with practical solutions to issues in diagnosis and treatment while simultaneously furnishing other interested parties with crucial information on the field. The book introduces the concept that air pollution-related diseases constitute a new class of pathologies. A wide range of conditions mainly attributable to air pollution are discussed, covering different body systems and pollution impacts in subsets of the population. In addition to presenting state of the art overviews of clinical aspects, the book carefully examines the implications of current knowledge for social and public health strategies aimed at disease prevention and prophylaxis. The Clinical Handbook of Air Pollution-Related Diseases will greatly assist doctors and healthcare workers when dealing with the consequences of air pollution in their everyday practice and will provide researchers, industry, and policymakers with valuable facts and insights.

WHO global air quality guidelines

WHO global air quality guidelines
Author: Weltgesundheitsorganisation
Publisher: World Health Organization
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2021-09-07
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9240034226

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 pollutants: PM2.5, PM10, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide. In addition, the guidelines provide interim targets to guide reduction efforts of these pollutants, as well as good practice statements for the management of certain types of PM (i.e., black carbon/elemental carbon, ultrafine particles, particles originating from sand and duststorms). These guidelines are not legally binding standards; however, they provide WHO Member States with an evidence-informed tool, which they can use to inform legislation and policy. Ultimately, the goal of these guidelines is to help reduce levels of air pollutants in order to decrease the enormous health burden resulting from the exposure to air pollution worldwide.

Links Between Air Quality and Economic Growth

Links Between Air Quality and Economic Growth
Author: Shanthi Nataraj
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Total Pages: 119
Release: 2013-12-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0833083996

This report assesses what evidence exists for the ways in which local air quality could influence local economic growth and how those effects might be relevant to the Pittsburgh region.

Air Pollution and Plant Biotechnology

Air Pollution and Plant Biotechnology
Author: K. Omasa
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 455
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 4431683887

Air pollution is ubiquitous in industrialized societies, causing a host of environmental problems. It is thus essential to monitor and reduce pollution levels. A number of plant species already are being exploited as detectors (for phytomonitoring) and as scavengers (for phytoremediation) of air pollutants. With advances in biotechnology, it is now feasible to modify plants for a wider range of phytomonitoring and phytoremediation applications. Air Pollution and Plant Biotechnology presents recent results in this field, including plant responses during phytomonitoring, pollution-resistant plant species, imaging diagnosis of plant responses, and the use of novel transgenic plants, along with reviews of basic plant physiology and biochemistry where appropriate. Researchers and students working in plant biotechnology and the environmental sciences or considering new areas of investigation will find this volume a valuable reference.

World Atlas of Atmospheric Pollution

World Atlas of Atmospheric Pollution
Author: Ranjeet S. Sokhi
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 145
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1843312891

Provides a revealing global overview of air pollution and its startling impact through graphical and visual representation of data.

Livestock's Long Shadow

Livestock's Long Shadow
Author: Henning Steinfeld
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789251055717

"The assessment builds on the work of the Livestock, Environment and Development (LEAD) Initiative"--Pref.

Indoor Pollutants

Indoor Pollutants
Author: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Indoor Pollutants
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1981
Genre: Medical
ISBN:

Discusses pollution from tobacco smoke, radon and radon progeny, asbestos and other fibers, formaldehyde, indoor combustion, aeropathogens and allergens, consumer products, moisture, microwave radiation, ultraviolet radiation, odors, radioactivity, and dirt and discusses means of controlling or eliminating them.