Rangel Angelina, Anderson Lauren B, Holm Rochelle H, Smith Ted
Center for Healthy Air, Water and Soil, Christina Lee Brown Envirome Institute, School of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
medRxiv. 2025 May 15:2025.05.13.25327517. doi: 10.1101/2025.05.13.25327517.
Environmental odors can impact health and risk perception. Participatory, or citizen science, can provide important data through systematic, mobile application assisted odor reporting.
This study leverages participatory public health science using the Smell MyCity app to investigate resident-reported odors and their association with health outcomes in Louisville, KY.
We analyzed 6,868 odor reports from 2018 to 2024, to identify census tracts where industrial and chemical odor reports cluster. Disease prevalence from the CDC's PLACES data were compared between these tracts and the entire county.
Results suggest associations between frequent odor reporting areas and increased health risks, highlighting the public health significance of environmental odors and the importance of community-driven data collection.
This community-driven reporting initiative may be a useful addition to health research in areas which also have high industrial emission odor.
环境气味会影响健康和风险认知。参与式或公民科学可以通过系统的、移动应用程序辅助的气味报告提供重要数据。
本研究利用参与式公共卫生科学，通过“闻我的城市”应用程序，调查肯塔基州路易斯维尔居民报告的气味及其与健康结果的关联。
我们分析了2018年至2024年的6868份气味报告，以确定工业和化学气味报告集中的普查区。将这些普查区与整个县的疾病患病率与疾病控制与预防中心的PLACES数据进行比较。
结果表明，频繁气味报告区域与健康风险增加之间存在关联，凸显了环境气味对公共卫生的重要性以及社区驱动数据收集的重要性。
这一社区驱动的报告倡议可能是对工业排放气味高的地区健康研究的有益补充。
