Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns
Air pollution in urban areas is a major concern as it negatively affects the health of a large number of people. The purpose of this study was to assess the inhalation health risk for exposure to PM10 and benzene of the populations living in three Italian cities. Data regarding PM10 and benzene dail...
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Antonella De Donno Mattia De Giorgi Francesco Bagordo Tiziana Grassi Adele Idolo Francesca Serio Elisabetta Ceretti Donatella Feretti Milena Villarini Massimo Moretti Annalaura Carducci Marco Verani Silvia Bonetta Cristina Pignata Silvia Bonizzoni Alberto Bonetti Umberto Gelatti on behalf of the MAPEC_LIFE Study Group |
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Antonella De Donno Mattia De Giorgi Francesco Bagordo Tiziana Grassi Adele Idolo Francesca Serio Elisabetta Ceretti Donatella Feretti Milena Villarini Massimo Moretti Annalaura Carducci Marco Verani Silvia Bonetta Cristina Pignata Silvia Bonizzoni Alberto Bonetti Umberto Gelatti on behalf of the MAPEC_LIFE Study Group Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health health risk assessment increased cancer risk particulate matter benzene exposure air pollution MAPEC_LIFE study |
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Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns |
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Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns |
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Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns |
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Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns |
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Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian Towns |
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health risk associated with exposure to pm10 and benzene in three italian towns |
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Air pollution in urban areas is a major concern as it negatively affects the health of a large number of people. The purpose of this study was to assess the inhalation health risk for exposure to PM10 and benzene of the populations living in three Italian cities. Data regarding PM10 and benzene daily measured by “traffic” stations and “background” stations in Torino, Perugia, and Lecce during 2014 and 2015 were compared to the limits indicated in the Directive 2008/50/EC. In addition, an inhalation risk analysis for exposure to benzene was performed for adults and children by applying the standard United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) methodology. The levels of PM10 detected in Torino exceeded the legal limits in both years with an increased mean concentration >10 µg/m3 comparing with background station. Benzene concentrations never exceeded the legislative target value. The increased cancer risk (ICR) for children exposed to benzene was greater than 1 × 10−6 only in the city of Torino, while for adults, the ICR was higher than 1 × 10−6 in all the cities. The results suggest the need for emission reduction policies to preserve human health from continuous and long exposure to air pollutants. A revision of legal limits would also be recommended. |
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doaj-268efb67104e43bc9b00329a4198533e2020-11-24T21:34:01ZengMDPI AGInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health1660-46012018-08-01158167210.3390/ijerph15081672ijerph15081672Health Risk Associated with Exposure to PM10 and Benzene in Three Italian TownsAntonella De Donno0Mattia De Giorgi1Francesco Bagordo2Tiziana Grassi3Adele Idolo4Francesca Serio5Elisabetta Ceretti6Donatella Feretti7Milena Villarini8Massimo Moretti9Annalaura Carducci10Marco Verani11Silvia Bonetta12Cristina Pignata13Silvia Bonizzoni14Alberto Bonetti15Umberto Gelatti16on behalf of the MAPEC_LIFE Study Group17Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology, University of Salento, via Monteroni 165, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology, University of Salento, via Monteroni 165, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology, University of Salento, via Monteroni 165, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology, University of Salento, via Monteroni 165, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology, University of Salento, via Monteroni 165, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology, University of Salento, via Monteroni 165, 73100 Lecce, ItalyDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, ItalyDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, ItalyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, 06122 Perugia, ItalyDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia, Via del Giochetto, 06122 Perugia, ItalyDepartment of Biology, University of Pisa, Via S. Zeno 35/39, 56126 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Biology, University of Pisa, Via S. Zeno 35/39, 56126 Pisa, ItalyDepartment of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126 Torino, ItalyDepartment of Public Health and Pediatrics, University of Torino, Piazza Polonia 94, 10126 Torino, ItalyComune di Brescia, Piazza Repubblica 1, 25100 Brescia, ItalyCentro Servizi Multisettoriale e Tecnologico–CSMT Gestione Scarl., via Branze 45, 25123 Brescia, ItalyDepartment of Medical and Surgical Specialties, Radiological Sciences and Public Health, University of Brescia, Viale Europa 11, 25123 Brescia, ItalyDepartment of Biological and Environmental Science and Technology, University of Salento, via Monteroni 165, 73100 Lecce, ItalyAir pollution in urban areas is a major concern as it negatively affects the health of a large number of people. The purpose of this study was to assess the inhalation health risk for exposure to PM10 and benzene of the populations living in three Italian cities. Data regarding PM10 and benzene daily measured by “traffic” stations and “background” stations in Torino, Perugia, and Lecce during 2014 and 2015 were compared to the limits indicated in the Directive 2008/50/EC. In addition, an inhalation risk analysis for exposure to benzene was performed for adults and children by applying the standard United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (USEPA) methodology. The levels of PM10 detected in Torino exceeded the legal limits in both years with an increased mean concentration >10 µg/m3 comparing with background station. Benzene concentrations never exceeded the legislative target value. The increased cancer risk (ICR) for children exposed to benzene was greater than 1 × 10−6 only in the city of Torino, while for adults, the ICR was higher than 1 × 10−6 in all the cities. The results suggest the need for emission reduction policies to preserve human health from continuous and long exposure to air pollutants. A revision of legal limits would also be recommended.http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/15/8/1672health risk assessmentincreased cancer riskparticulate matterbenzeneexposureair pollutionMAPEC_LIFE study |