PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
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PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
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Re: PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
#2For anyone else who doesn't immediately get the acronym,
"Fine particles (PM2.5) are 2.5 micrometers in diameter or smaller, and can only be seen with an electron microscope. Fine particles are produced from all types of combustion, including motor vehicles, power plants, residential wood burning, forest fires, agricultural burning, and some industrial processes."
Re: PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
#3While China is somewhat the poster child for modern air pollution, do not overlook that PM2.5 and PM10 exposure is also very bad in many parts of Europe, SE Asia, and large American cities. The Netherlands occasionally experiences a haze that is quite visible and smokey-smelling, in fact tomorrow will be one of the worst days of the year for PM exposure in NW Europe:
Re: PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
#4The challenge in linking air pollution to age-related disease and mortality risk lies in the confounding correlation with wealth. There are plausible physical mechanisms involving, for example, increased levels of inflammation resulting from high levels of particulate air pollution, but regions with lower levels of air pollution tend to have much wealthier populations, and it is well known that wealth correlates with lower mortality and greater life expectancy, both for individuals and across societies as a whole.
Re: PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
#5Is there a way to measure it with a simple and cheap device?
Re: PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
#6Also, some of these particles enter the brain directly through the olfactory nerve.
http://www.pnas.org/content/113/39/10797.abstract
easier to read:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/05/toxic-ai...
Re: PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
#7For reference, it is one in a thousand (Chinese population is ~1.4B).
Re: PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
#8While China is somewhat the poster child for modern air pollution, do not overlook that PM2.5 and PM10 exposure is also very bad in many parts of Europe, SE Asia, and large American cities. The Netherlands occasionally experiences a haze that is quite visible and smokey-smelling, in fact tomorrow will be one of the worst days of the year for PM exposure in NW Europe: http://www.temis.nl/aqi/aqi_nl.html
Is there a good website that provides such air pollution current & forecasts for Europe or better world wide?
Re: PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
#9Is there a way to measure it with a simple and cheap device?
I second this question- please post some links if anyone knows of an effective way to detect and do long-term monitoring of these in-home or at a workplace.
Re: PM2.5 exposure possibly leads to 1.37M people’s premature death in China
#10While China is somewhat the poster child for modern air pollution, do not overlook that PM2.5 and PM10 exposure is also very bad in many parts of Europe, SE Asia, and large American cities. The Netherlands occasionally experiences a haze that is quite visible and smokey-smelling, in fact tomorrow will be one of the worst days of the year for PM exposure in NW Europe: http://www.temis.nl/aqi/aqi_nl.html
Is there a good website that provides such air pollution current & forecasts for Europe or better world wide?