Brunekreef B
Universiteit Utrecht, Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences, Postbus 80.178, 3508 TD Utrecht.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2006 Apr 1;150(13):710-2.
Many scientific studies have been published that connect all kinds of toxicological characteristics offine dust particles, measured in vitro, with lung damage parameters both in animals and humans. These studies do not provide an unequivocal picture on the mechanisms that are responsible for the perceived connection between exposure to fine dust and the degree of illness and death. Without connecting to specific sources of air pollution, this type of study moreover, is only of limited value for drawing up control policy. Even if one or more responsible properties could be determined, it is still unlikely that these would be translated into a standard for permitted levels of concentration in the open air. It is far more likely that such insight will be used for specific source policy aimed at tackling the sources that contribute the most to the harmfulness of the mixture of air pollution.
许多科学研究已经发表，这些研究将在体外测量的细粉尘颗粒的各种毒理学特征与动物和人类的肺损伤参数联系起来。这些研究并没有就导致接触细粉尘与疾病和死亡程度之间明显联系的机制给出明确的描述。此外，这类研究如果不与特定的空气污染来源相联系，对于制定控制政策的价值就很有限。即使能够确定一种或多种相关特性，这些特性仍不太可能转化为室外空气中允许浓度的标准。更有可能的是，这种认识将用于针对造成空气污染混合物危害最大的来源的特定源政策。
