Updates in Air Pollution: Current Research and Future Challenges

Background: The United Nations has declared that humans have a right to clean air. Despite this, many deaths and disability-adjusted life years are attributed to air pollution exposure each year. We face both challenges to air quality and opportunities to improve, but several areas need to be addres...

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Published in:Annals of Global Health
Main Author: Vilcins D.; Christofferson R.C.; Yoon J.-H.; Nazli S.N.; Sly P.D.; Cormier S.A.; Shen G.
Format: Review
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2024
Online Access:https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85184089638&doi=10.5334%2faogh.4363&partnerID=40&md5=0122ee5dd397b2b2d13d750fb0bf0506
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Vilcins D.; Christofferson R.C.; Yoon J.-H.; Nazli S.N.; Sly P.D.; Cormier S.A.; Shen G.
Updates in Air Pollution: Current Research and Future Challenges
2024
Annals of Global Health
90
1
10.5334/aogh.4363
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85184089638&doi=10.5334%2faogh.4363&partnerID=40&md5=0122ee5dd397b2b2d13d750fb0bf0506
Background: The United Nations has declared that humans have a right to clean air. Despite this, many deaths and disability-adjusted life years are attributed to air pollution exposure each year. We face both challenges to air quality and opportunities to improve, but several areas need to be addressed with urgency. Objective: This paper summarises the recent research presented at the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health Symposium and focuses on three key areas of air pollution that are important to human health and require more research. Findings and conclusion: Indoor spaces are commonly places of exposure to poor air quality and are difficult to monitor and regulate. Global climate change risks worsening air quality in a bi-directional fashion. The rising use of electric vehicles may offer opportunities to improve air quality, but it also presents new challenges. Government policies and initiatives could lead to improved air and environmental justice. Several populations, such as older people and children, face increased harm from air pollution and should become priority groups for action. © 2024 The Author(s).
Ubiquity Press
22149996
English
Review
All Open Access; Gold Open Access
author Vilcins D.; Christofferson R.C.; Yoon J.-H.; Nazli S.N.; Sly P.D.; Cormier S.A.; Shen G.
spellingShingle Vilcins D.; Christofferson R.C.; Yoon J.-H.; Nazli S.N.; Sly P.D.; Cormier S.A.; Shen G.
Updates in Air Pollution: Current Research and Future Challenges
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description Background: The United Nations has declared that humans have a right to clean air. Despite this, many deaths and disability-adjusted life years are attributed to air pollution exposure each year. We face both challenges to air quality and opportunities to improve, but several areas need to be addressed with urgency. Objective: This paper summarises the recent research presented at the Pacific Basin Consortium for Environment and Health Symposium and focuses on three key areas of air pollution that are important to human health and require more research. Findings and conclusion: Indoor spaces are commonly places of exposure to poor air quality and are difficult to monitor and regulate. Global climate change risks worsening air quality in a bi-directional fashion. The rising use of electric vehicles may offer opportunities to improve air quality, but it also presents new challenges. Government policies and initiatives could lead to improved air and environmental justice. Several populations, such as older people and children, face increased harm from air pollution and should become priority groups for action. © 2024 The Author(s).
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