Article
Environmental Sciences
William L. Taylor, Steven J. Schuldt, Justin D. Delorit, Christopher M. Chini, Teodor T. Postolache, Christopher A. Lowry, Lisa A. Brenner, Andrew J. Hoisington
Summary: Exploratory studies suggest a potential link between indoor PM2.5 exposure and major depressive disorder. Modifying input parameters can estimate the burden of major depressive disorder in the US due to indoor PM2.5 exposure, with findings indicating that improving HVAC filter efficiency may slightly reduce depressive disorders.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Philip Crepeau, Zhenyu Zhang, Rhea Udyavar, Lilah Morris-Wiseman, Shyam Biswal, Murugappan Ramanathan Jr, Aarti Mathur
Summary: This study found that exposure to PM2.5, a type of air pollution, is closely associated with the diagnosis of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC). The results showed that cumulative exposure to PM2.5 over 3 years is significantly linked to an increased risk of PTC diagnosis, with the association being most pronounced in individuals with higher incomes. This suggests disparities in access to healthcare among different socioeconomic groups.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Aaron van Donkelaar, Melanie S. Hammer, Liam Bindle, Michael Brauer, Jeffery R. Brook, Michael J. Garay, N. Christina Hsu, Olga Kalashnikova, Ralph A. Kahn, Colin Lee, Robert C. Levy, Alexei Lyapustin, Andrew M. Sayer, Randall Martin
Summary: This study developed a methodology for monthly PM2.5 estimates and uncertainties using satellite retrievals, chemical transport modeling, and ground-based measurements. Findings show higher winter PM2.5 concentrations in many densely populated regions, with South Asia and East Asia having particularly high levels, although East Asia showed a decreasing trend in PM2.5 concentrations over the period studied.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Xiaozhe Yin, Meredith Franklin, Masoud Fallah-Shorshani, Martin Shafer, Rob McConnell, Scott Fruin
Summary: This study presents the largest scale research conducted in a single urban area, using monitoring of different particulate matter concentrations and developing regression and machine learning models to successfully predict 24 elemental components in eight Southern California communities. It was found that incorporating spatiotemporally resolved meteorology into the models improved the accuracy of predictions for particle distribution, especially near roadways for non-tailpipe emissions.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Lara P. Clark, Maria H. Harris, Joshua S. Apte, Julian D. Marshall
Summary: This study examined the impact of data aggregation at different spatial scales on air pollution exposure disparities. The results showed that national disparity estimates based on coarser scales often underestimated the disparities compared to estimates based on finer scales, while estimates based on tract and finer scale data were generally consistent for both national and intraurban disparities. The study highlights the importance of considering the spatial scale of data aggregation when analyzing air pollution exposure disparities and suggests that finer scales may provide more accurate estimates.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Dong-Wook Lee, Chang-Woo Han, Yun-Chul Hong, Jong-Min Oh, Hyun-Joo Bae, Soontae Kim, Youn-Hee Lim
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between long-term exposure to PM2.5 and incident asthma among elderly adults in South Korea. The results showed that a 10 μg/m(3) increase in the 36-month mean PM2.5 concentration was significantly associated with a 9% increase in incident asthma.
Letter
Medicine, General & Internal
Pak Hung Lam, Emma Zang, Dieyi Chen, Riyang Liu, Kai Chen
Summary: This study examines the relationship between exposure to fine particulate matter and academic performance in school age children in North Carolina.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Yihui Ge, Zhenchun Yang, Yan Lin, Philip K. Hopke, Albert A. Presto, Meng Wang, David Q. Rich, Junfeng Zhang
Summary: This study developed and evaluated two approaches to enhance the extrapolating ability of random forest models in areas with sparse monitoring data. By incorporating low-cost sensor data and using the regression-enhanced random forest method, the models showed improved accuracy and predictive capabilities.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ying-Ying Meng, Yu Yu, Mohammad Z. Al-Hamdan, Miriam E. Marlier, Joseph L. Wilkins, Diane Garcia-Gonzales, Xiao Chen, Michael Jerrett
Summary: This study investigated the impact of short-term exposure to particulate matter (PM2.5) on work loss due to sickness. The findings showed a positive association between short-term ambient PM2.5 exposure and work loss, which was stronger among individuals with higher exposure to wildfire smoke. This suggests the need for further strengthening of PM2.5 standards in California to protect public health.
ENVIRONMENT INTERNATIONAL
(2023)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Rucheng Chen, Jinna Zhang, Yaxian Pang, Qingping Liu, Jing Peng, Xiujuan Lin, Lingyong Cao, Weijia Gu, Lu Zhang, Ran Li, Qinghua Sun, Rong Zhang, Cuiqing Liu
Summary: This study demonstrates that Qianjinweijing decoction (QJWJ) can alleviate PM2.5-induced lung dysfunction and may be a potential treatment for air pollution-related chronic respiratory diseases.
FRONTIERS IN PHARMACOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Nelson Gouveia, Josiah L. Kephart, Iryna Dronova, Leslie McClure, Jose Tapia Granados, Ricardo Morales Betancourt, Andrea Cortinez O'Ryan, Jose Luis Texcalac-Sangrador, Kevin Martinez-Folgar, Daniel Rodriguez, Ana Diez-Roux
Summary: The study found that a significant proportion of the population in Latin American cities live in areas with air pollution levels above WHO standards. Larger cities, higher GDP, higher motorization rate, and congestion tend to have higher PM2.5 levels. On the other hand, areas with higher population density tend to have lower levels of PM2.5.
SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Lingxi Wang, Ting Xu, Qiling Wang, Haobo Ni, Xiaolin Yu, Chunying Song, Yushan Li, Fuping Li, Tianqing Meng, Huiqiang Sheng, Xiaoyan Cai, Tingting Dai, Lina Xiao, Qinghui Zeng, Pi Guo, Jing Wei, Xinzong Zhang
Summary: This study investigates the relationship between exposure to the chemical constituents of PM2.5 air pollution and decreased sperm quality, finding that certain constituents are associated with adverse effects on sperm parameters.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Amy McCarron, Sean Semple, Christine F. Braban, Colin Gillespie, Vivien Swanson, Heather D. Price
Summary: This study investigates the acute effects of personal exposure to PM2.5 on self-reported asthma-related health. The results show individual exposure to PM2.5 varies across microenvironments and is associated with asthma symptoms. However, there is no significant association between exposure and reliever inhaler use.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Kevin J. Sullivan, Xinhui Ran, Fan Wu, Chung-Chou H. Chang, Ravi Sharma, Erin Jacobsen, Sarah Berman, Beth E. Snitz, Akira Sekikawa, Evelyn O. Talbott, Mary Ganguli
Summary: This study examined the association between ambient PM2.5 levels and the risk of incident MCI and dementia in an older population, finding that higher estimated PM2.5 levels were associated with increased risk of both conditions, particularly with longer-term exposure.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
(2021)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Xiaole Zhang, Xi Chen, Yang Yue, Shuxiao Wang, Bin Zhao, Xinmei Huang, Tiantian Li, Qinghua Sun, Jing Wang
Summary: There is a variation in mortality risk associated with different sources of PM2.5, with industrial and residential combustion sources closely correlated with lung cancer and circulatory diseases.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Agronomy
Matt Liebman, Huong T. X. Nguyen, Matthew M. Woods, Natalie D. Hunt, Jason D. Hill
Summary: Adding oat and lucerne phases to a 2-year maize-soyabean rotation can increase weed species diversity in the soil, improve maize and soyabean productivity, maintain total crop energy production, and reduce environmental impacts.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Nina G. G. Domingo, Srinidhi Balasubramanian, Sumil K. Thakrar, Michael A. Clark, Peter J. Adams, Julian D. Marshall, Nicholas Z. Muller, Spyros N. Pandis, Stephen Polasky, Allen L. Robinson, Christopher W. Tessum, David Tilman, Peter Tschofen, Jason D. Hill
Summary: Agriculture is a major contributor to air pollution, resulting in increased environmental risk factors for mortality in the United States and worldwide. Animal-based foods are responsible for a high proportion of pollution, but interventions in livestock and fertilization practices can reduce these negative impacts. Shifting towards a plant-based diet can significantly decrease health issues caused by agriculture's contribution to reduced air quality.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
(2021)
Editorial Material
Engineering, Environmental
Hang Deng, Hanna Breunig, Joshua Apte, Yue Qin
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Ying Chen, Yu Wang, Athanasios Nenes, Oliver Wild, Shaojie Song, Dawei Hu, Dantong Liu, Jianjun He, Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz, Joshua S. Apte, Sachin S. Gunthe, Pengfei Liu
Summary: This study reveals that Delhi, a highly polluted city, has the highest reported aerosol water content worldwide. The presence of high aerosol water exacerbates air pollution and reduces visibility, while also inhibiting the dispersion of pollutants.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Haley M. Lane, Rachel Morello-Frosch, Julian D. Marshall, Joshua S. Apte
Summary: Communities of color in the United States are disproportionately exposed to higher levels of air pollution, and this study shows a connection between this disparity and the historical redlining policy. The research finds that air pollution levels have a consistent association with redlining grade, and the disparities in NO2 and PM2.5 pollution levels based on redlining grade are larger than those based on race and ethnicity.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ahmad Bin Thaneya, Joshua S. Apte, Arpad Horvath
Summary: An exposure-based traffic assignment model has been developed to quantify PM2.5 exposure due to on-road vehicle flow. The study compares the exposure impacts of two optimization scenarios and finds that reducing exposure damages leads to an increase in travel time costs. The model can be used to evaluate different transportation exposure reduction strategies and assess the exposure impacts of new transportation infrastructure.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Editorial Material
Engineering, Environmental
Ling Jin, Joshua S. Apte, Shelly L. Miller, Shu Tao, Shuxiao Wang, Guibin Jiang, Xiangdong Li
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Stacey E. Alexeeff, Ananya Roy, Jun Shan, G. Thomas Ray, Charles Q. Quesenberry, Joshua Apte, Christopher J. Portier, Stephen K. Van Den Eeden
Summary: The study found that long-term traffic-related air pollution is associated with higher direct healthcare costs in the elderly population, particularly among those with existing cardiovascular diseases.
ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Lara P. Clark, Maria H. Harris, Joshua S. Apte, Julian D. Marshall
Summary: This study examined the impact of data aggregation at different spatial scales on air pollution exposure disparities. The results showed that national disparity estimates based on coarser scales often underestimated the disparities compared to estimates based on finer scales, while estimates based on tract and finer scale data were generally consistent for both national and intraurban disparities. The study highlights the importance of considering the spatial scale of data aggregation when analyzing air pollution exposure disparities and suggests that finer scales may provide more accurate estimates.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Sidhant J. Pai, Colette L. Heald, Hugh Coe, James Brooks, Mark W. Shephard, Enrico Dammers, Joshua S. Apte, Gan Luo, Fangqun Yu, Christopher D. Holmes, Chandra Venkataraman, Pankaj Sadavarte, Kushal Tibrewal
Summary: India experiences high levels of PM2.5 aerosol pollution. A model comparison with airborne measurements reveals biases in ammonium and nitrate simulations. By incorporating improvements and satellite observations, a validated simulation shows lower bias and estimates a population-weighted annual PM2.5 exposure and associated deaths.
ACS EARTH AND SPACE CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Shayak Sengupta, Sumil K. Thakrar, Kirat Singh, Rahul Tongia, Jason D. Hill, Ines M. L. Azevedo, Peter J. Adams
Summary: India's coal-heavy electricity system is a major contributor to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. Our study analyzes the differences in air pollution mortality and the effects of various policies on electricity sector operations in different states of India. We find that coal-dependent states in the east suffer the most from PM2.5 mortality, while renewable energy states in the west and south have shifted their burden to the east through coal generation.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2023)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Fiona Greer, Ahmad Bin Thaneya, Joshua S. Apte, Arpad Horvath
Summary: Pollution from road transportation has chronic health impacts. Research on the life-cycle stages of paved roads and corresponding supply chains is limited. A new model has been developed to quantify human exposure to PM2.5 from pavement resurfacing and vehicle operation. Material production contributes significantly to pollution exposure, and people of color are more affected.
ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH LETTERS
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Shayak Sengupta, Peter J. Adams, Thomas A. Deetjen, Puneet Kamboj, Swati D'Souza, Rahul Tongia, Ines M. L. Azevedo
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Su Yeong Kim, Elizabeth C. Matsui, Wen Wen, Hin Wing Tse, Sarah E. Chambliss
Summary: This study examines the association between air pollution levels in the residential areas of Mexican immigrant families and their psychosocial and demographic characteristics. The results show that lower PM2.5 concentrations are associated with more experiences of ethnic discrimination, higher socioeconomic status, and higher perceived neighborhood safety.
JOURNAL OF RACIAL AND ETHNIC HEALTH DISPARITIES
(2022)
Article
Engineering, Chemical
Kanan Patel, Sahil Bhandari, Shahzad Gani, Purushottam Kumar, Nisar Baig, Gazala Habib, Joshua Apte, Lea Hildebrandt Ruiz
Summary: New Delhi, India, the most polluted megacity, experiences extreme pollution episodes due to various factors. By using machine learning models, we can estimate the concentrations, composition, sources, and dynamics of particulate matter (PM) and analyze the influences of different factors.
AEROSOL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)