Volatile Organic Compounds in Air: Sources, Distribution, Exposure and Associated Illnesses in Children

Background: Toxic volatile organic compounds (VOC), like benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX), are atmospheric pollutants representing a threat to human health. They are released into the environment from mobile sources in urban settings, but newly polluted areas are gaining importance...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Regina Montero-Montoya, Rocío López-Vargas, Omar Arellano-Aguilar
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Ubiquity Press 2018
Materias:	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/2a7871ea02b54347921d3e0503441b28
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:2a7871ea02b54347921d3e0503441b28
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:2a7871ea02b54347921d3e0503441b282021-12-02T08:07:41ZVolatile Organic Compounds in Air: Sources, Distribution, Exposure and Associated Illnesses in Children2214-999610.29024/aogh.910https://doaj.org/article/2a7871ea02b54347921d3e0503441b282018-07-01T00:00:00Zhttps://annalsofglobalhealth.org/articles/910https://doaj.org/toc/2214-9996Background: Toxic volatile organic compounds (VOC), like benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX), are atmospheric pollutants representing a threat to human health. They are released into the environment from mobile sources in urban settings, but newly polluted areas are gaining importance in countries where accelerated industrialization is taking place in suburban or rural settings. Methods: The review includes studies done in Mexico and Latin-America and countries considered to have emerging economies and are compared with similar studies in developed countries. Data about environmental VOC levels and exposure of children have been included. Also, information about health effects was reviewed. Articles were searched in PubMed and Scopus, and information was also obtained from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the EPAs Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS-EPA) and state reports on air quality of Mexican cities. Results: VOC or BTEX levels reported in industrial and suburban areas were found to be higher due to the burning of fossil fuels and waste emission; whereas, in big cities, VOC emissions were mainly due to mobile sources. Even though TEX levels were under reference values, benzene was found at levels several times over this value in cities and even higher in industrial zones. Elevated VOC emissions were also reported in cities with industrial development in their peripheral rural areas. Public health relevance: Industrial activities have changed the way of life of small towns, which previously had no concern about environmental pollution and chemicals. No air monitoring is done in these places where toxic chemicals are released into rivers and the atmosphere. This work demonstrates the need for environmental monitors to protect human life in suburban and rural areas where industrial growth occurs without planning and ecological or health protection, compromising the health of new generations beginning in fetal development.</p><p>Regina Montero-MontoyaRocío López-VargasOmar Arellano-AguilarUbiquity PressarticleInfectious and parasitic diseasesRC109-216Public aspects of medicineRA1-1270ENAnnals of Global Health, Vol 84, Iss 2, Pp 225-238 (2018)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270
spellingShingle	Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216 Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Regina Montero-Montoya Rocío López-Vargas Omar Arellano-Aguilar Volatile Organic Compounds in Air: Sources, Distribution, Exposure and Associated Illnesses in Children
description	Background: Toxic volatile organic compounds (VOC), like benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes (BTEX), are atmospheric pollutants representing a threat to human health. They are released into the environment from mobile sources in urban settings, but newly polluted areas are gaining importance in countries where accelerated industrialization is taking place in suburban or rural settings. Methods: The review includes studies done in Mexico and Latin-America and countries considered to have emerging economies and are compared with similar studies in developed countries. Data about environmental VOC levels and exposure of children have been included. Also, information about health effects was reviewed. Articles were searched in PubMed and Scopus, and information was also obtained from the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the EPAs Integrated Risk Information System (IRIS-EPA) and state reports on air quality of Mexican cities. Results: VOC or BTEX levels reported in industrial and suburban areas were found to be higher due to the burning of fossil fuels and waste emission; whereas, in big cities, VOC emissions were mainly due to mobile sources. Even though TEX levels were under reference values, benzene was found at levels several times over this value in cities and even higher in industrial zones. Elevated VOC emissions were also reported in cities with industrial development in their peripheral rural areas. Public health relevance: Industrial activities have changed the way of life of small towns, which previously had no concern about environmental pollution and chemicals. No air monitoring is done in these places where toxic chemicals are released into rivers and the atmosphere. This work demonstrates the need for environmental monitors to protect human life in suburban and rural areas where industrial growth occurs without planning and ecological or health protection, compromising the health of new generations beginning in fetal development.</p><p>
format	article
author	Regina Montero-Montoya Rocío López-Vargas Omar Arellano-Aguilar
author_facet	Regina Montero-Montoya Rocío López-Vargas Omar Arellano-Aguilar
author_sort	Regina Montero-Montoya
title	Volatile Organic Compounds in Air: Sources, Distribution, Exposure and Associated Illnesses in Children
title_short	Volatile Organic Compounds in Air: Sources, Distribution, Exposure and Associated Illnesses in Children
title_full	Volatile Organic Compounds in Air: Sources, Distribution, Exposure and Associated Illnesses in Children
title_fullStr	Volatile Organic Compounds in Air: Sources, Distribution, Exposure and Associated Illnesses in Children
title_full_unstemmed	Volatile Organic Compounds in Air: Sources, Distribution, Exposure and Associated Illnesses in Children
title_sort	volatile organic compounds in air: sources, distribution, exposure and associated illnesses in children
publisher	Ubiquity Press
publishDate	2018
url	https://doaj.org/article/2a7871ea02b54347921d3e0503441b28
work_keys_str_mv	AT reginamonteromontoya volatileorganiccompoundsinairsourcesdistributionexposureandassociatedillnessesinchildren AT rociolopezvargas volatileorganiccompoundsinairsourcesdistributionexposureandassociatedillnessesinchildren AT omararellanoaguilar volatileorganiccompoundsinairsourcesdistributionexposureandassociatedillnessesinchildren
_version_	1718398653252501504

Volatile Organic Compounds in Air: Sources, Distribution, Exposure and Associated Illnesses in Children

Ejemplares similares