What are the health effects of Indonesia’s polluted air? The cost to human health from the effects of heavily polluted air is shocking. After the notably bad burning season in 2015, it was reported that over 75,000 cases of patients suffering from upper respiratory infections needed medical ...
with 4.1 μg/m³, meaning that the air would be exceptionally clean to breathe during this time and free from the many pollutants that would be plaguing the atmosphere during the earlier months. So evidently, it is during the summer season that Ireland has its best levels of air quality....
An AQI value of 50 or below is classified as "good air quality," according to health experts. Once the AQI index reaches 100 or above is when the air quality is considered unhealthy and may impact certain groups of people.The Air Quality Index displayed on AirNow.gov shows the l...
AIR QUALITY INDEX AS A TOOL FOR MONITORING ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND HEALTH IMPLICATIONSairqualityindexpollutionAdo EkitienvironmentaldegradationpollutantsConsidering the importance of air to human existence, air pollution is a critical issue that requires collective effort for its prevention and control. ...
Air quality trends and potential health effects - development of an aggregate risk index. Atmos. Environ. 45, 1145-1153.Sicard P., Lesne O., Alexandre N., Mangin A., Collomp R. (2011) Air quality trends and potential health effects-Development of an aggregate risk index, Atmos. Environ....
The Air Quality Index (AQI) is divided into some categories indicating increasing levels of health concern. An AQI value over certain threshold represents hazardous air quality whereas, if it is below a certain value, the air quality is good. Each country or continent established its standards a...
Air pollution isn’t good for anyone, but it’s especially bad for the very young and very old, people with certain health conditions, and people who spend a lot of time outside. Those most at risk of experiencing negative health effects in bad air quality are considered “sensitive groups...
by the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency(EPA) as“criteria” pollutants—criteriameaning that the concentrations of these pollutants in the atmosphere are useful as indicators of overall air quality. Thesources, acceptable concentrations, and effects of thecriteriapollutants are summarized in the table...
Air Quality Health Index Categories and Health Messages The table below provides the health messages for each category of the Air Quality Health Index for the "at risk" population and the general population. Health RiskAir Quality Health IndexHealth Messages ...
AIR QUALITY ANALYSIS AND STATISTICS FOR United Kingdom How bad is air pollution in the United Kingdom? Air pollution has long been an issue of significant health concern in the United Kingdom. Monitored UK air quality levels are regularly found to exceed legal limits set by the government, wh...