Diesel exhaust particles (DEP) induce pulmonary diseases including asthma and chronic bronchitis. Comprehensive evaluation is required to know the effects of pollutants including DEP on these and other lung diseases. Alveolar macrophages (AM) and epithelial cells are important cellular targets for pollutants such as DEP in the lung. Alveolar macrophages encounter and phagocytose DEP in the alve...

Due to their immutable nature, metals are a group of pollutants of much concern. As a result of human activities such as mining and smelting of metalliferous ores, electroplating, gas exhaust, energy and fuel production, fertilizer and pesticide application, etc., metal pollution has become one of the most serious environmental problems today. Phytoremediation, an emerging cost-effective, non-i...

Allergic respiratory diseases have recently become a major public and political concern in most industrialized countries over the world. The increased incidence in allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis has paralleled the motor vehicle traffic booming, suggesting a potential role of air pollutants in this major rise. Epidemiological studies have revealed a consistent association between outdoor ...

Installing a catalytic converter in the exhaust is typical method of reducing engine emissions. Catalytic converters have been shown to lower pollutants while enhancing performance. The influence number brass catalyst plates (Cu-Zn) on Performance commercial Yamaha Jupiter MX motorcycle manufactured 2007 was investigated this study. installed motorbike exhaust, with varying between 5 and 8, con...

Industrial activities and motor vehicle exhaust gases significantly contribute to air pollution; the longer exposure pollutants, higher pollutant levels in blood. Online motorcycle taxi drivers industrial areas have a high risk of being exposed pollutants. This study aims determine factors that affect erythrocyte online area ​​Semarang City. The method used is analytic observational with cross-...

Sweden Front cover: Electrone microscope image of a diesel exhaust particle agglomerate.Till Cicci, Erica och Arvid " Every animal is naturally made for the use of pure, natural and free air " Tests of the effects of air on the human body, John Arbuthnot.ABSTRACT Exhaust emissions from mobile sources is one of the major sources to air pollution. Thus, it is important to identify and quantify ch...

Because of growing environmental concerns and increasingly stringent regulations governing auto emissions, new more efficient exhaust catalysts are needed to reduce the amount of pollutants released from internal combustion engines. To accomplish this goal, the major pollutants in exhaust-CO, NO(x), and unburned hydrocarbons-need to be fully converted to CO(2), N(2), and H(2)O. Most exhaust cat...

BACKGROUND With the increase of motor vehicles, ambient air pollution related to traffic exhaust has become an important environmental issue in China. Because of their fast growth and development, children are more susceptible to ambient air pollution exposure. Many chemicals from traffic exhaust, such as carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and lead, have been reported to show adverse effects on...

We developed a rapid kinetic bioassay demonstrating the inhibition of glutathione peroxidase 1 (GPx-1) by organic electrophilic pollutants, such as acrolein, crotonaldehyde, and p-benzoquinone, that are frequently found as components of tobacco smoke, diesel exhaust, and other combustion sources. In a complementary approach, we applied a high-resolution proton-transfer reaction time-of-flight m...

Pollutants from burning of diesel fuel are hazardous to human health. Nanoparticles in diesel exhaust potentially have profound impact on fetal development and maternal endocrine function during pregnancy due to their ability to penetrate deeply into the body. To investigate the effects of nanoparticle-rich diesel exhaust (NR-DE) on pregnancy, pregnant rats were exposed to NR-DE, filtered diese...