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Atmospheric particulate pollution in South American megacities
(National Research Council Canada-NRC Research Press, 2021-04-15)
Air pollution is one of the major problems caused by urban growth, and both industrial and automobile emissions have been the main causes of air quality deterioration in cities since the beginning of the 20th century. ...
GAPS-megacities: A new global platform for investigating persistent organic pollutants and chemicals of emerging concern in urban air
(Elsevier, 2020-12)
A pilot study was initiated in 2018 under the Global Atmospheric Passive Sampling (GAPS) Network named GAPS-Megacities. This study included 20 megacities/major cities across the globe with the goal of better understanding ...
Changes in extrapulmonary organs and serum enzyme biomarkers after chronic exposure to Buenos Aires air pollution
(Springer Heidelberg, 2020-02-20)
Urban air pollution is a serious environmental problem in developing countries worldwide, and health is a pressing issue in the megacities in Latin America. Buenos Aires is a megacity with an estimated moderate Air Quality ...
Chronic exposure to urban air pollution from Buenos Aires: The ocular mucosa as an early biomarker
(Springer Heidelberg, 2019-09)
Air pollution represents a major health problem in megacities, bringing about 8 million deaths every year. The aim of the study was to evaluate in vivo the ocular and respiratory mucosa biological response after chronic ...
Vehicular particulate matter emissions in road tunnels in Sao Paulo, Brazil
(Springer, 2009-02)
In the metropolitan area of São Paulo, Brazil, ozone and particulate matter (PM) are the air pollutants that pose the greatest threat to air quality, since the PM and the ozone precursors (nitrogen oxides and volatile ...
Particulate matter levels in a South American megacity: the metropolitan area of Lima-Callao, Peru
(Springer, 2017-11-13)
The temporal and spatial trends in the variability of PM10 and PM2.5 from 2010 to 2015 in the metropolitan area of Lima-Callao, Peru, are studied and interpreted in this work. The mean annual concentrations of PM10 and ...
Polluted Air Exposure Compromises Corneal Immunity and Exacerbates Inflammation in Acute Herpes Simplex Keratitis
(Frontiers Media, 2021-02)
Air pollution is a serious environmental issue worldwide in developing countries?megacities, affecting the population?s health, including the ocular surface, bypredisposing or exacerbating other ocular diseases. Herpes ...
Interjurisdictional coastal management in metropolitan areas
(Elsevier, 2017-11)
Coastal management requires intersectorial and interjurisdictional coordination but this approach can be difficult to implement in complex systems like the metropolitan areas. This paper deals with the different ways of ...
Determination of anthropogenic and biogenic compounds on atmospheric aerosol collected in urban, biomass burning and forest areas in São Paulo, Brazil
(Elsevier B.V., 2010-11)
This study was conducted at three sites of different characteristics in São Paulo State: São Paulo (SPA), Piracicaba (PRB) and Mata Atlântica Forest (MAT). PM10, n-alkanes, pristane and phytane, PAHs, water-soluble ions ...
Monitoring human genotoxicity risk associated to urban and industrial Buenos Aires air pollution exposure
(Springer Heidelberg, 2020-02-08)
The quality of life in large megacities is directly affected by its air quality. In urban environments, suspended particles from anthropogenic origin is one of the main air contaminants identified as highly genotoxic, ...