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* Health Effects of Air Quality and Noise - update June 2017 *
By Barbara Rimmington, Researcher, East End Quality of Life Initiative
(Previous edition - May 2017:
http://cleanairuk.org/pipermail/news_cleanairuk.org/2017-June/000113.html)
(Index for previous issues:
http://www.cleanairuk.org/health-air-pollution.html)
*CONTENTS*
1) The role of traffic noise on the association between air pollution
and children's lung function
2) Traffic noise and hypertension – results from a large case-control study
3) Environmental Noise Pollution in the United States: Developing an
Effective Public Health Response
4) Editorial - Air pollution—a wicked problem
5) Feature - London mayor, Sadiq Khan: how cities can act on air pollution
6) Analysis - Air pollution in the UK: better ways to solve the problem
7) Prenatal ambient air pollution exposure, infant growth and
placental mitochondrial DNA content in the INMA birth cohort
8) Ambient air pollution and low birth weight - are some women more
vulnerable than others?
9) Effects of Prenatal PM10 Exposure on Fetal Cardiovascular
Malformations in Fuzhou, China: A Retrospective Case-Control Study
10) Health Impact of Outdoor Air Pollution in China: Current Knowledge
and Future Research Needs
11) Cognitive impacts of ambient air pollution in the National Social
Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) cohort
12) The short-term effect of particulate matter on cardiorespiratory
drug prescription, as a proxy of mild adverse events
13) Genome-wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Particulate
Matter–Associated QT Prolongation
14) Long-term exposure to residential ambient fine and coarse
particulate matter and incident hypertension in post-menopausal women
15) Exposure to ambient PM2.5 associated with overall and
domain-specific disability among adults in six low- and middle-income
countries
16) The association between air pollution and type 2 diabetes in a
large cross-sectional study in Leicester: The CHAMPIONS Study
17) Mechanistic Link between Diesel Exhaust Particles and Respiratory Reflexes
18) The association between ambient inhalable particulate matter and
the disease burden of respiratory disease: An ecological study based
on ten-year time series data in Tianjin, China
19) PM2.5-induced alterations of cell cycle associated gene expression
in lung cancer cells and rat lung tissues
20) Air pollution abatement performances of green infrastructure in
open road and built-up street canyon environments – A review
21) Incorporating wind availability into land use regression modelling
of air quality in mountainous high-density urban environment
22) A comparison of individual exposure, perception, and acceptable
levels of PM2.5 with air pollution policy objectives in China
23) Degradation of natural habitats by roads: Comparing land-take and
noise effect zone
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1) The role of traffic noise on the association between air pollution
and children's lung function
Meredith Franklin, , Scott Fruin
The joint effects of traffic noise and air pollution exposure on
health are examined. Noise enhances the detrimental impact of air
pollution on children's lung function. Noise is an important exposure
to include in studies of traffic-related health outcomes.
Environmental Research 157, August 2017, 153–159 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.024)
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2) Traffic noise and hypertension – results from a large case-control study
Hajo Zeeb, Janice Hegewald, Melanie Schubert, Mandy Wagner, Patrik
Dröge, Enno Swart, Andreas Seidler
Traffic noise is a potentially important environmental cause of
hypertension. This is the largest case-control study of hypertension
and traffic noise exposure so far. There was no association between
uncomplicated hypertension and individual residential noise exposure.
We found an association between hypertension followed by heart disease
and exposure to aircraft-, road- and railway noise.
Environmental Research 157, August 2017, 110–117 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.019)
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3) Environmental Noise Pollution in the United States: Developing an
Effective Public Health Response
Monica S. Hammer, Tracy K. Swinburn, Richard L. Neitzel
Significant public health benefit can be achieved by integrating
interventions that reduce environmental noise levels and exposures
into the federal public health agenda.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.1307272 - read article
(https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/1307272/)
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4) Editorial - Air pollution—a wicked problem
S Holgate
BMJ 2017;357:j2814 - read editorial
(http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j2814?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign_name=201706167&utm_source=etoc_weekly)
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5) Feature - London mayor, Sadiq Khan: how cities can act on air pollution
Sadiq Khan, talks to Fiona Godlee, The BMJ’s editor in chief, about
why air pollution is a key policy objective for his administration
BMJ 2017;357:j2842 - read article
(http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j2842?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign_name=201706167&utm_source=etoc_weekly)
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6) Analysis - Air pollution in the UK: better ways to solve the problem
The major health effects of air pollution can be reduced by tougher
action on motor vehicles, argues Robin Russell-Jones
BMJ 2017;357:j2713 - read article
(http://www.bmj.com/content/357/bmj.j2713?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign_name=201706167&utm_source=etoc_weekly)
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7) Prenatal ambient air pollution exposure, infant growth and
placental mitochondrial DNA content in the INMA birth cohort
Diana B.P. Clemente, Maribel Casas, Bram G. Janssen, Aitana Lertxundi,
Loreto Santa-Marina, Carmen Iñiguez, Sabrina Llop, Jordi Sunyer,
Mònica Guxens
Prenatal NO2 exposure was inversely associated with infant growth.
Birth outcomes mediate the prenatal NO2 exposure and infant growth
association. Placental mtDNA content was positively associated with
infant length. Placental mtDNA mediates the prenatal NO2 exposure and
infant length association.
Environmental Research 157, August 2017, 96–102 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.018)
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8) Ambient air pollution and low birth weight - are some women more
vulnerable than others?
Nadja Westergaard, Ulrike Gehring, Rémy Slama, Marie Pedersen
Ambient air pollution increases the risk of intrauterine growth
restriction (IUGR). Smokers and women of under/overweight or low SES
may be more vulnerable. Further studies are recommended as the
epidemiological evidence is limited.
Environment International 104, July 2017, 146–154 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.03.026)
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9) Effects of Prenatal PM10 Exposure on Fetal Cardiovascular
Malformations in Fuzhou, China: A Retrospective Case-Control Study
Chao-Bin Liu, Xin-Ru Hong, Miao Shi, Xiao-Qiu Chen, Hui-Juan Huang,
Jin-Hua Chen, Kai Yang, Su-Qing Chen, Han-Qiang Chen, Hai-Dong Kan,
Qing-Hua Sun
Our findings suggest some positive associations between maternal
exposure to ambient PM10 during the first two months of pregnancy and
fetal cardiovascular malformations.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/EHP289 - read article
(https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP289)
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10) Health Impact of Outdoor Air Pollution in China: Current Knowledge
and Future Research Needs
Haidong Kan, Bingheng Chen, and Chuanjie Hong
Outdoor air pollution is one of China’s most serious environmental problems.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/ehp.12737 - read article
(https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/12737/)
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11) Cognitive impacts of ambient air pollution in the National Social
Health and Aging Project (NSHAP) cohort
Lindsay A. Tallon, Justin Manjourides, Vivian C. Pun, Carmel Salhi, Helen Suh
Associations between air pollutant exposures and cognitive outcomes
were assessed. Increases in PM2.5 and NO2 exposures were associated
with lower cognitive scores. Impacts of PM2.5 on cognition were
modified by stroke, anxiety, and stress. Depression mediated the
impacts of PM2.5 on cognition, and the effect of NO2 on CCFM is
mediated by stress. Mediation results suggest new pathways through
which PM2.5 and NO2 may impact cognition.
Environment International 104, July 2017, 102–109 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.03.019)
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12) The short-term effect of particulate matter on cardiorespiratory
drug prescription, as a proxy of mild adverse events
Sara Conti, Alessandra Lafranconi, Antonella Zanobetti, Giancarlo
Cesana, Fabiana Madotto, Carla Fornari
Cardiorespiratory prescriptions are stored in administrative
databases. Such prescriptions can be used as tracers of mild disease
episodes. We studied the relationship between PM10 and such
prescriptions outside urban areas. PM10 is associated with a
short-term increase in cardiorespiratory drugs consumption.
Environmental Research 157, August 2017, 145–152 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.029)
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13) Genome-wide Association Study of Susceptibility to Particulate
Matter–Associated QT Prolongation
Rahul Gondalia, Christy L. Avery, Melanie D. Napier, Raúl
Méndez-Giráldez, James D. Stewart, Colleen M. Sitlani, Yun Li, Kirk C.
Wilhelmsen, Qing Duan, Jeffrey Roach, Kari E. North, Alexander P.
Reiner, Zhu-Ming Zhang, Lesley F. Tinker, Jeff D. Yanosky, Duanping
Liao, Eric A. Whitsel
The findings suggest that biologically plausible genetic factors may
alter susceptibility to PM10-associated QT prolongation in populations
protected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s National
Ambient Air Quality Standards. Independent replication and functional
characterization are necessary to validate our findings.
Environ Health Perspect; DOI:10.1289/EHP347 - read article
(https://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/ehp347/)
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14) Long-term exposure to residential ambient fine and coarse
particulate matter and incident hypertension in post-menopausal women
Trenton Honda, Melissa N. Eliot, Charles B. Eaton, Eric Whitsel, James
D. Stewart, Lina Mu, Helen Suh, Adam Szpiro, Joel D. Kaufman, Sverre
Vedal, Gregory A. Wellenius
Long-term air pollution exposures were associated with higher
incidence rates of hypertension in post-menopausal women. Associations
between PM2.5 and hypertension were stronger among non-white
participants and those living in the Northeast. These results suggest
that particulate matter may be an important modifiable risk factor for
hypertension.
Environment International 105, August 2017, 79–85 - read abstract
(http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412017303860)
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15) Exposure to ambient PM2.5 associated with overall and
domain-specific disability among adults in six low- and middle-income
countries
Hualiang Lin, Yanfei Guo, Yang Zheng, Xing Zhao, Zheng Cao, Steven E.
Rigdon, Hong Xian, Xing Li, Tao Liu, Jianpeng Xiao, Weilin Zeng, Nancy
L. Weaver, ZhengminMin Qian
We examined the effects of PM2.5 on disability in adults. WHODAS was
used to measure the disability. PM2.5 was found to be associated with
overall disability. PM2.5 was also associated with cognition, mobility
and getting along.
Environment International 104, July 2017, 69–75 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.04.004)
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16) The association between air pollution and type 2 diabetes in a
large cross-sectional study in Leicester: The CHAMPIONS Study
Gary O'Donovan, Yogini Chudasama, Samuel Grocock, Roland Leigh, Alice
M. Dalton, Laura J. Gray, Thomas Yates, Charlotte Edwardson, Sian
Hill, Joe Henson, David Webb, Kamlesh Khunti
This is one of the largest cross-sectional studies of air pollution
and diabetes. Air pollution was positively associated with type 2
diabetes. Demographic factors explained away the association.
Environment International 104, July 2017, 41–47 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2017.03.027)
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17) Mechanistic Link between Diesel Exhaust Particles and Respiratory Reflexes
Ryan K. Robinson, Mark A. Birrell, John J. Adcock, Michael A.
Wortley, Eric D. Dubuis, Shu Chen, Catriona M. McGilvery, Sheng Hu,
Milo SP. Shaffer, Sara J. Bonvini, Sarah A. Maher, Ian S. Mudway,
Alexandra E. Porter, Chris Carlsten, Teresa D. Tetley, Maria G. Belvisi
This study provides the first mechanistic insights into how exposure
to urban air pollution leads to activation of guinea-pig and human
sensory nerves which are responsible for respiratory symptoms.
Mechanistic information will enable the development of appropriate
therapeutic interventions and mitigation strategies for those
susceptible individuals who are most at risk.
Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology April 2017 - read article
(http://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(17)30796-0/pdf)
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18) The association between ambient inhalable particulate matter and
the disease burden of respiratory disease: An ecological study based
on ten-year time series data in Tianjin, China
Qiang Zeng, Ziting Wu, Guohong Jiang, Xiaoyin Wu, Pei Li, Yang Ni,
Xiuqin Xiong, Xinyan Wang, Parasat, Guoxing Li, Xiaochuan Pan
YLL was adopted as the health endpoint to assess PM10-related health
effects. A ten-year time-series study was conducted to assess the
effects of PM10 on respiratory disease. PM10 was significantly
associated with daily YLL of respiratory disease. The associations
were stronger in the elderly and females than in younger residents and
males. This study provides new epidemiological evidence for a
PM-respiratory disease relationship.
Environmental Research 157, August 2017, 71–77 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.004)
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19) PM2.5-induced alterations of cell cycle associated gene expression
in lung cancer cells and rat lung tissues
Hui Zhao, Biao Yang, Jia Xu, Dong-mei Chen, Chun-ling Xiao
Our study explored and characterized the expressions of cell
cycle-associated genes induced by urban PM2.5 in H292 and rat lung
tissues. The expressions of p53 and CDK2 play a crucial role in the
early phase of exposure. Cdc2 and cyclin B expressions are important
in mid-term, while the expression of p21 was predominant in long-term
exposure. The degree of PM2.5-induced damage to trachea and lung
tissue was time-dependent.
Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology 52, June 2017, 77–82 - read
article (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.etap.2017.03.014)
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20) Air pollution abatement performances of green infrastructure in
open road and built-up street canyon environments – A review
K.V. Abhijith, Prashant Kumar, John Gallagher, Aonghus McNabola,
Richard Baldauf, Francesco Pilla, Brian Broderick, Silvana Di
Sabatino, Beatrice Pulvirenti
Green infrastructure can play a significant role in mitigating urban
air pollution. Air quality changes in local built environments due to
vegetation are assessed. Low-level hedges improves air quality in
street canyons unlike high-level trees. Green green walls and roofs
are effective to reduce pollution in streets/open roads. Prior design
of green infrastructure should be performed for improving air quality.
Atmospheric Environment 162, August 2017, 71–86 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2017.05.014)
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21) Incorporating wind availability into land use regression modelling
of air quality in mountainous high-density urban environment
Yuan Shi, Kevin Ka-Lun Lau, Edward Ng
LUR application in the mountainous high-density urban scenario. Wind
environment were quantified by using the surface geomorphometrical
analysis. Wind availability information was incorporated into LUR
modelling. Wind variables show in most resultant models as significant
independent variables. A maximum increase of 20% is achieved in the
annual averaged NO2 model performance.
Environmental Research 157, August 2017, 17–29 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.007)
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22) A comparison of individual exposure, perception, and acceptable
levels of PM2.5 with air pollution policy objectives in China
Lei Huang, Chao Rao, Tsering Jan van der Kuijp, Jun Bi, Yang Liu
Public perception of Effect and Familiarity were significantly higher
in the winter than in the summer. The correlation significances
between ADD and each public perception factors existed diversity.
Sensitive and vulnerable subpopulations to air pollution are
discovered. SHE and HEDTH were key factors influencing public
willingness to respond to haze. There remains a gap between PARL of
air pollution and the policy objectives of the Action Plan.
Environmental Research 157, August 2017, 78–86 - read abstract
(https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2017.05.012)
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23) Degradation of natural habitats by roads: Comparing land-take and
noise effect zone
Hossein Madadia, Hossein Moradi, Alireza Soffianian, Abdolrassoul
Salmanmahiny, Josef Senn, Davide Geneletti
We conclude that, although the roads are breaking apart the patches by
land-take, road noise not only dissects habitat patches but takes much
larger proportions of or even functionally eliminates entire patches.
Environmental Impact Assessment Review 65, July 2017, 147–155 - read
abstract (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2017.05.003)
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