Maftei Carmen, Vaseashta Ashok, Poinareanu Ionut
Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transilvania University of Brasov, 900152 Brasov, Romania.
Office of Research, International Clean Water Institute, Manassas, VA 20108, USA.
Toxics. 2024 Feb 7;12(2):137. doi: 10.3390/toxics12020137.
Air pollution poses one of the greatest dangers to public well-being. This article outlines a study conducted in the Central Romania Region regarding the health risks associated with particulate matter (PM) of two sizes, viz., PM and PM. The methodology used consists of the following: (i) an analysis of the effects of PM pollutants, (ii) an analysis of total mortality and cardiovascular-related mortality, and (iii) a general health risk assessment. The Central Region of Romania is situated in the Carpathian Mountains' inner arch (consisting of six counties). The total population of the region under investigation is about 2.6 million inhabitants. Health risk assessment is calculated based on the relative risk (RR) formula. During the study period, our simulations show that reducing these pollutants' concentrations below the new WHO guidelines (2021) will prevent over 172 total fatalities in Brasov alone, as an example. Furthermore, the potential benefit of reducing annual PM levels on total cardiovascular mortality is around 188 persons in Brasov. Although health benefits may also depend upon other physiological parameters, all general health indicators point towards a significant improvement in overall health by a general reduction in particulate matter, as is shown by the toxicity assessment of the particulate matter in the region of interest. The modality can be applied to other locations for similar studies.
空气污染对公众健康构成了最大威胁之一。本文概述了在罗马尼亚中部地区进行的一项关于两种粒径颗粒物（即PM和PM）相关健康风险的研究。所采用的方法包括：（i）分析PM污染物的影响，（ii）分析总死亡率和心血管相关死亡率，以及（iii）进行一般健康风险评估。罗马尼亚中部地区位于喀尔巴阡山脉的内弧（由六个县组成）。被调查地区的总人口约为260万居民。健康风险评估是根据相对风险（RR）公式计算的。在研究期间，我们的模拟表明，仅以布拉索夫为例，将这些污染物的浓度降低到新的世卫组织指南（2021年）以下，将防止超过172例总死亡。此外，在布拉索夫，降低年度PM水平对总心血管死亡率的潜在益处约为188人。尽管健康益处也可能取决于其他生理参数，但所有一般健康指标都表明，通过总体降低颗粒物，整体健康状况将有显著改善，正如所关注地区颗粒物的毒性评估所示。该方法可应用于其他地点进行类似研究。
