[cleanairuk_news] Health Effects of Air Quality and Noise - update March 2016
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* Health Effects of Air Quality and Noise - update March 2016 *
By Barbara Rimmington, Researcher, East End Quality of Life Initiative
(Previous edition - February 2016:
http://cleanairuk.org/pipermail/news_cleanairuk.org/2016-March/000096.html)
(Index for previous issues:
http://www.cleanairuk.org/health-air-pollution.html)
*CONTENTS*
1) Road Traffic and Railway Noise Exposures and Adiposity in Adults: A
Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Cohort
2) Road traffic noise effects on cardiovascular, respiratory, and
metabolic health: An integrative model of biological mechanisms
3) Historic air pollution exposure and long-term mortality risks in
England and Wales: prospective longitudinal cohort study
4) Air pollution: consequences and actions for the UK, and beyond
5) Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Parkinson’s Disease in Denmark: A
Case–Control Study
6) Particulate Air Pollution Exposure and Expression of Viral and
Human MicroRNAs in Blood: The Beijing Truck Driver Air Pollution Study
7) Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Dementia Incidence in Northern
Sweden: A Longitudinal Study
8) Health effects of ambient levels of respirable particulate matter
(PM) on healthy, young-adult population
9) Long-Term Trends Worldwide in Ambient NO2 Concentrations Inferred
from Satellite Observations
10) A Satellite View of Pollution on the Ground: Long-Term Changes in
Global Nitrogen Dioxide
11) The impact of European legislative and technology measures to
reduce air pollutants on air quality, human health and climate
12) Ambient air pollution, lung function, and airway responsiveness in
asthmatic children
13) Distribution of bacteria in inhalable particles and its
implications for health risks in kindergarten children in Hong Kong
14) Every breath we take: the lifelong impact of air pollution
15) Fine particulate air pollution and systemic autoimmune rheumatic
disease in two Canadian provinces
16) Health impact assessment of transport policies in Rotterdam:
Decrease of total traffic and increase of electric car use
17) Oxidative burden of fine particulate air pollution and risk of
cause-specific mortality in the Canadian Census Health and Environment
Cohort (CanCHEC)
18) MicroRNAs are associated with blood-pressure effects of exposure
to particulate matter: Results from a mediated moderation analysis
19) Prefrontal white matter pathology in air pollution exposed Mexico
City young urbanites and their potential impact on neurovascular unit
dysfunction and the development of Alzheimer's disease
20) Maternal residential proximity to major roadways at delivery and
childhood central nervous system tumors
21) The relationship of exposure to air pollutants in pregnancy with
surrogate markers of endothelial dysfunction in umbilical cord
22) Maternal exposure to traffic-related air pollution and birth
defects in Massachusetts
23) Air Pollution at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
24) Children's respiratory health and oxidative potential of PM2.5:
the PIAMA birth cohort study
25) Investigating the traffic-related environmental impacts of
hydraulic-fracturing (fracking) operations
26) Air Pollution list of journal articles
27) Health impact metrics for air pollution management strategies
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1) Road Traffic and Railway Noise Exposures and Adiposity in Adults: A
Cross-Sectional Analysis of the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Cohort
Jeppe Schultz Christensen, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen, Anne Tjønneland, Kim
Overvad, Rikke B. Nordsborg, Matthias Ketzel, Thorkild IA Sørensen,
Mette Sørensen
The present study finds positive associations between residential
exposure to road traffic and railway noise and adiposity.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1409052 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1409052/)
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2) Road traffic noise effects on cardiovascular, respiratory, and
metabolic health: An integrative model of biological mechanisms
Alberto Recio, Cristina Linares, José Ramón Banegas, Julio Díaz
The long- and short-term associations between road traffic noise and
health outcomes found in latest noise research may be understood in
the light of the integrative model proposed here.
Environmental Research 146, April 2016, 359–370 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935115301985)
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3) Historic air pollution exposure and long-term mortality risks in
England and Wales: prospective longitudinal cohort study
Anna Hansell, Rebecca E Ghosh, Marta Blangiardo, Chloe Perkins,
Danielle Vienneau, Kayoung Goffe, David Briggs, John Gulliver
This large national study suggests that air pollution exposure has
long-term effects on mortality that persist decades after exposure,
and that historic air pollution exposures influence current estimates
of associations between air pollution and mortality.
Thorax 2016;71:330-338 - read article
(http://thorax.bmj.com/content/71/4/330.full?sid=5491b7b5-32ab-435e-be37-2d73304ff367)
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4) Air pollution: consequences and actions for the UK, and beyond
Editorial in The Lancet 387:10021 817, 27 February 2016 - read article
(http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(16)00551-1/fulltext?elsca1=etoc&elsca2=email&elsca3=0140-6736_20160227_387_10021_&elsca4=Public%20Health%7CInfectious%20Diseases%7CHealth%20Policy%7CInternal%2FFamily%20Medicine%7CGeneral%20Surgery%7CLancet)
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5) Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Parkinson’s Disease in Denmark: A
Case–Control Study
Beate Ritz, Pei-Chen Lee, Johnni Hansen, Christina Funch Lassen,
Matthias Ketzel, Mette Sørensen, Ole Raaschou-Nielsen
Our findings raise concerns about potential effects of air pollution
from traffic and other sources on the risk of PD, particularly in
populations with high or increasing exposures.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1409313 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1409313/)
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6) Particulate Air Pollution Exposure and Expression of Viral and
Human MicroRNAs in Blood: The Beijing Truck Driver Air Pollution Study
Lifang Hou, Jitendra Barupal, Wei Zhang, Yinan Zheng, Lei Liu, Xiao
Zhang, Chang Dou, John P. McCracken, Anaité Díaz, Valeria Motta, Marco
Sanchez-Guerra, Katherine Rose Wolf, Pier Alberto Bertazzi, Joel D.
Schwartz, Sheng Wang, Andrea A. Baccarelli
Short-term EC exposure was associated with the expression of human and
viral miRNAs that may influence immune responses and other biological
pathways. Associations between EC exposure and viral miRNA expression
suggest that latent viral miRNAs are potential mediators of air
pollution–associated health effects. PM2.5/PM10 exposures showed no
consistent relationships with miRNA expression.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1408519 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1408519/)
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7) Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Dementia Incidence in Northern
Sweden: A Longitudinal Study
Anna Oudin, Bertil Forsberg, Annelie Nordin Adolfsson, Nina Lind, Lars
Modig, Maria Nordin, Steven Nordin, Rolf Adolfsson, Lars-Göran Nilsson
If the associations we observed are causal, then air pollution from
traffic might be an important risk factor for vascular dementia and
Alzheimer’s disease.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1408322 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1408322/)
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8) Health effects of ambient levels of respirable particulate matter
(PM) on healthy, young-adult population
William J. Shaughnessy, Mohan M. Venigalla, David Trump
Data on respiratory illnesses were obtained for three military bases
in USA. Particulate matter (PM) concentrations for corresponding
periods were also obtained. Ambient PM and health outcomes
relationship among healthy young-adults was examined. Health data were
correlated with daily/weekly PM, air quality and weather data.
Significant adverse health effects corresponding ambient PM levels
were observed.
Atmospheric Environment 123 A, December 2015, 102–111 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231015304568)
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9) Long-Term Trends Worldwide in Ambient NO2 Concentrations Inferred
from Satellite Observations
Jeffrey A. Geddes, Randall V. Martin, Brian L. Boys, Aaron van Donkelaar
Long-term trends in satellite-derived ambient NO[2] provide new
information about changing global exposure to ambient air pollution.
Our estimates are publicly available at
http://fizz.phys.dal.ca/~atmos/martin/?page_id=232
(http://fizz.phys.dal.ca/~atmos/martin/?page_id=232) .
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1409567 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1409567/)
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10) A Satellite View of Pollution on the Ground: Long-Term Changes in
Global Nitrogen Dioxide
Nate Seltenrich
NO2 is one of six criteria pollutants regulated by the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency. Generated primarily from vehicle
exhaust, but also by power plants and heavy equipment, the compound
causes a variety of adverse respiratory effects and contributes to the
formation of ozone, another harmful criteria pollutant.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.124-A56 - read article
(http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/124-A56/)
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11) The impact of European legislative and technology measures to
reduce air pollutants on air quality, human health and climate
S T Turnock, E W Butt, T B Richardson, G W Mann, C L Reddington, P M
Forster, J Haywood, M Crippa, G Janssens-Maenhout, C E Johnson
Our results show that the implementation of European legislation and
technological improvements to reduce the emission of air pollutants
has improved air quality and human health over Europe, as well as
having an unintended impact on the regional radiative balance and
climate.
Environmental Research Letters, 11:2 February 2016 - read article
(http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/11/2/024010)
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12) Ambient air pollution, lung function, and airway responsiveness in
asthmatic children
Despo Ierodiakonou, Antonella Zanobetti, Brent A. Coull, Steve Melly,
Dirkje S. Postma, H. Marike Boezen, Judith M. Vonk, Paul V. Williams,
Gail G. Shapiro, Edward F. McKone, Teal S. Hallstrand, Jane Q. Koenig,
Jonathan S. Schildcrout, Thomas Lumley, Anne N. Fuhlbrigge, Petros
Koutrakis, Joel Schwartz, Scott T. Weiss, Diane R. Gold, for the
Childhood Asthma Management Program Research Group
Air pollution adversely influences lung function and PC20 in asthmatic
children. Treatment with controller medications might not protect but
rather worsens the effects of CO on PC20. This clinical trial design
evaluates modification of pollution effects by treatment without
confounding by indication.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology 137:2 390-399 - read
abstract
(http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(15)00769-1/abstract)
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13) Distribution of bacteria in inhalable particles and its
implications for health risks in kindergarten children in Hong Kong
Wenjing Deng, Yemao Chai, Huiying Lin, Winnie W.M. So, K.W.K. Ho,
A.K.Y. Tsui, R.K.S. Wong
The bacterial distribution and concentration in PM2.5 in kindergartens
are detected with a molecular biology method. Inhalable bacteria
genera are compared in indoor and outdoor samples. Health risks from
airborne bacteria to kindergarten children are analyzed.
Atmospheric Environment 128, March 2016, 268–275 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1352231016300255)
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14) Every breath we take: the lifelong impact of air pollution
Working party report
This report from the RCP and the RCPCH examines the impact of exposure
to air pollution across the course of a lifetime.
February 2016 - read summary and reports
(https://www.rcplondon.ac.uk/projects/outputs/every-breath-we-take-lifelong-impact-air-pollution)
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15) Fine particulate air pollution and systemic autoimmune rheumatic
disease in two Canadian provinces
Sasha Bernatsky, Audrey Smargiassi, Cheryl Barnabe, Lawrence W.
Svenson, Allan Brand, Randall V. Martin, Marie Hudson, Ann E. Clarke,
Paul R. Fortin, Aaron van Donkelaar, Steven Edworthy, Patrick Bélisle,
Lawrence Joseph
We assessed PM2.5 and systemic autoimmune rheumatic disease (SARDs).
We adjusted for the imperfect nature of administrative data. PM2.5 was
independently associated with SARDs. Our study is one of the first to
ever estimate this effect.
Environmental Research 146, April 2016, 85–91 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935115301833)
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16) Health impact assessment of transport policies in Rotterdam:
Decrease of total traffic and increase of electric car use
Myriam Tobollik, Menno Keuken, Clive Sabel, Hilary Cowie, Jouni
Tuomisto, Denis Sarigiannis, Nino Künzli, Laura Perez, Pierpaolo Mudu
We estimated co-benefits of greenhouse gas reduction policies from
2010 to 2020. The city scale health impact assessment base on real
transport policy scenarios. Effects of particulate matter, elemental
carbon and noise on health are assessed. The effects are rather small
but still positive for the planned scenarios.
Environmental Research 146, April 2016, 350–358 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935116300147)
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17) Oxidative burden of fine particulate air pollution and risk of
cause-specific mortality in the Canadian Census Health and Environment
Cohort (CanCHEC)
Scott Weichenthal, Daniel L. Crouse, Lauren Pinault, Krystal
Godri-Pollitt, Eric Lavigne, Greg Evans, Aaron van Donkelaar, Randall
V. Martin, Rick T. Burnett
We examined the relationship between PM2.5 oxidative burden and
mortality. Our cohort study included 193,300 people in Ontario,
Canada. Glutathione-related oxidative burden was associated with
cause-specific mortality. Lung cancer was most strongly associated
with glutathione-related oxidative burden.
Environmental Research 146, April 2016, 92–99 - read article
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935115301742)
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18) MicroRNAs are associated with blood-pressure effects of exposure
to particulate matter: Results from a mediated moderation analysis
Valeria Motta, Chiara Favero, Laura Dioni, Simona Iodice, Cristina
Battaglia, Laura Angelici, Luisella Vigna, Angela Cecilia Pesatori,
Valentina Bollati
We investigated whether the effects of PM10 on BP are mediated by
microRNAs. PM10 exposure was associated with increased systolic and
diastolic BP. Nine blood miRNAs were associated with PM10 levels 48 h
after exposure. miR-101 mediated the effects of particle exposure on
diastolic BP.
Environmental Research 146, April 2016, 274–281 - read article
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001393511630010X)
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19) Prefrontal white matter pathology in air pollution exposed Mexico
City young urbanites and their potential impact on neurovascular unit
dysfunction and the development of Alzheimer's disease
Lilian Calderón-Garcidueñas, Rafael Reynoso-Robles, Javier Vargas-
Martínez, Aline Gómez-Maqueo-Chew, Beatriz Pérez-Guillé, Partha S.
Mukherjee, Ricardo Torres-Jardón, George Perry, Angélica Gónzalez-Maciel
The prefrontal white matter is a target of air pollution. Tight
junctions, key neurovascular unit elements, are abnormal in young
urbanites. Identifying neurovascular dysfunction biomarkers is key for
pediatric neuroprotection. Early characterization of NVU damage may
provide a fresh insight into AD pathogenesis.
Environmental Research 146, April 2016, 404–417 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935115301936)
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20) Maternal residential proximity to major roadways at delivery and
childhood central nervous system tumors
Heather E. Danysh, Kai Zhang, Laura E. Mitchell, Michael E. Scheurer,
Philip J. Lupo
High roadway density is associated with having any childhood CNS
tumor. High roadway density is strongly associated with having an
ependymoma. Roadway density has dose-response relationship with any
CNS tumor and ependymoma. Traffic-related air pollution may play a
role the etiology of childhood CNS tumors.
Environmental Research 146, April 2016, 315–322 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935116300123)
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21) The relationship of exposure to air pollutants in pregnancy with
surrogate markers of endothelial dysfunction in umbilical cord
Parinaz Poursafa, Sadegh Baradaran-Mahdavi, Bita Moradi, Shaghayegh
Haghjooy Javanmard, Mohammadhasan Tajadini, Ferdous Mehrabian, Roya
Kelishadi
Exposure to air pollutants is associated with fetal endothelial
dysfunction. Particulate matter, O3, SO2,and CO increase fetal
endothelial dysfunction. Air quality improvement is necessary for
prevention of chronic diseases.
Environmental Research 146, April 2016, 154–160 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935115301808)
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22) Maternal exposure to traffic-related air pollution and birth
defects in Massachusetts
Mariam S. Girguis, Matthew J. Strickland, Xuefei Hu, Yang Liu, Scott
M. Bartell, Verónica M. Vieira
Improved PM2.5 satellite measures enable advantage of a statewide
birth cohort. Some evidence of association of patent foramen ovale and
patent ductus arteriosus with air pollution. Limited evidence linking
neural tube defects with air pollution. Limited evidence linking
orofacial defects with air pollution. Atrial septal defects display
significant spatial variation.
Environmental Research 146, April 2016, 1–9 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935115301729)
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23) Air Pollution at the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Feb 11-15 2016 in Washington DC - view conference presentations with
links to
(https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2016/webprogram/#srch=words%7Cair%20pollution%7Cmethod%7Cand%7Cpge%7C1) abstracts
(https://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2016/webprogram/#srch=words%7Cair%20pollution%7Cmethod%7Cand%7Cpge%7C1)
Ambient Air Pollution Exposure Estimation for the Global Burden of
Disease 2013
Michael Brauer, Greg Freedman, Joseph Frostad, Aaron van Donkelaar,
Randall V. Martin, Frank Dentener, Rita van Dingenen, Kara Estep,
Heresh Amini, Joshua S. Apte, Kalpana Balakrishnan, Lars Barregard,
David Broday, Valery Feigin, Santu Ghosh, Philip K. Hopke, Luke D.
Knibbs, Yoshihiro Kokubo, Yang Liu, Stefan Ma, Lidia Morawska, José
Luis Texcalac Sangrador, Gavin Shaddick, H. Ross Anderson, Theo Vos,
Mohammad H. Forouzanfar, Richard T. Burnett, Aaron Cohen
In 2013, 87% of the world’s population lived in areas exceeding the
World Health Organization (WHO) Air Quality Guideline of 10 μg/m3
PM2.5 (annual average). Between 1990 and 2013, decreases in
population-weighted mean concentrations of PM2.5 were evident in most
high-income countries, in contrast to increases estimated in South
Asia, throughout much of Southeast Asia, and in China.
Population-weighted mean concentrations of ozone increased in most
countries from 1990–2013, with modest decreases in North America,
parts of Europe, and several countries in Southeast Asia.
Environ. Sci. Technol., 2016, 50 (1), 79–88 - read abstract
(http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.est.5b03709)
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24) Children's respiratory health and oxidative potential of PM2.5:
the PIAMA birth cohort study
Aileen Yang, Nicole A H Janssen, Bert Brunekreef, Flemming R Cassee,
Gerard Hoek, Ulrike Gehring
Respiratory health was more strongly associated with OPDTT (oxidative
potential dithiothreitol assay) than with PM2.5 mass; OPDTT
associations with lung function, but not symptoms, were sensitive to
adjustment for NO2.
Occup Environ Med 2016;73:154-160 doi:10.1136/oemed-2015-103175 - read
abstract (http://oem.bmj.com/content/73/3/154.abstract?etoc)
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25) Investigating the traffic-related environmental impacts of
hydraulic-fracturing (fracking) operations
Paul S. Goodman, Fabio Galatioto, Neil Thorpe, Anil K. Namdeo, Richard
J. Davies, Roger N. Bird
Traffic-related environmental impacts of fracking studied using a
novel Traffic Impact Model. Model estimates greenhouse gas, local air
quality, noise and axle loading impacts on roads. Single well pad
creates substantial increases in local air quality pollutants during
peak activity. Short-duration/large-magnitude events may adversely
affect local ambient air quality and noise. Daily NOx emissions may
increase by over 30% and hourly noise levels can double (+ 3.4 dBA)
Environment International Available online 24 February 2016 - read
article
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412016300277)
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26) Air Pollution list of journal articles
University of Michigan Center for Occupational Health and Safety
Engineering - references
(http://cohse.umich.edu/academics/publications/airpollution/)
27) Health impact metrics for air pollution management strategies
Sheena E. Martenies, Donele Wilkins, Stuart A. Batterman
HIAs have used many metrics, including avoided cases, DALYs and
monetized impacts. There is a need to identify appropriate metrics for
use in urban-scale air pollution HIA. Metrics should be comprehensive,
spatially and temporally resolved, and account for vulnerability.
Metrics should evaluate and clearly present uncertainty. The use of
multiple metrics is suggested to fully characterize the impacts of a
proposed policy.
Environment International 85, December 2015, 84–95 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412015300404)
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