Air pollution is widely considered as one of themost pressing environmental health issues. Particularly, atmospheric particulatematters (PM), a complexmixture of solid or liquidmatter suspended in the atmosphere, are a harmful formof air pollution due to its ability to penetrate deep into the lungs and blood streams, causing permanent damages such asDNAmutations and premature death. Therefore, ...

Haze is the phenomenon of visibility degradation caused by extinction effects related to physicochemical properties atmospheric particulate matter (APM). Atmosphere heterogeneous reactions can alter APM. Therefore, it important understand APM in order reveal cause haze. Herein, current situation, developmental trend, source, and composition pollution China are reviewed. Additionally, we introdu...

Background & Aims of the Study: According to statistics reported by the international organization, 500,000 people annually due to airborne particulate matter exposure of the air are dying prematurely. Studies show the dust storm is responsible for the 7.1 % increase of fatality. Control of particulate matter is one of the most important methods of direct and indirect effects of par...

In order to document cytogenetic damage associated with air pollution and, possibly, with health effects in the city of Catania, Sicily (Italy), we analyzed the induction of chromosomal aberrations by extractable agents from airborne particulate matter in a Chinese hamster epithelial liver (CHEL) cells. These cells retain their metabolic competence to activate different classes of promutagens/p...

n Amsterdam, the Netherlands, we measured airborne particulate matter (PM) during winter 1998-1999, taking daily average measurements at an urban background site, at a busy street, and at a motorway. Comparison of black smoke, PM(10), and PM(1.0) levels showed that daily averages were highly correlated over time. Median daily concentrations were elevated at sites affected by traffic. The highes...

a 3-km reach of the luján river was studied by establishing 6 sampling stations, which were from 300 to 500 m apart. the first station was the control reading for river nutrients and particulate material. the second station measured the continuous effluent from a wastewater treatment plant flow of the city of luján and was, therefore, considered a continuous addition point of nutrients. the oth...