LAPSE:2023.2076
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LAPSE:2023.2076
Comparison Process of Blood Heavy Metals Absorption Linked to Measured Air Quality Data in Areas with High and Low Environmental Impact
February 21, 2023
Air pollution is a problem shared by the entire world population, and researchers have highlighted its adverse effects on human health in recent years. The object of this paper was the relationship between the pollutants’ concentrations measured in the air and the quantity of pollutant itself inhaled by the human body. The area chosen for the study has a high environmental impact given the significant presence on the territory of polluting activities. The Acerra area (HI) has a waste-to-energy plant and numerous industries to which polluting emissions are attributed. This area has always been the subject of study as the numbers of cancer patients are high. A survey on male patients to evaluate the heavy metals concentrations in the blood was conducted in the two areas and then linked to its values aero-dispersed. Using the air quality data measured by the monitoring networks in two zones, one with high environmental impact (HI) and one with low environmental impact (LI), the chronicle daily intake (CDI) of pollutants inhaled by a single person was calculated. The pollutants considered in this study are PM10 and four heavy metals (As, Cd, Ni, Pb) constituting the typical particulates of the areas concerned. The CDI values calculated for the two zones are significantly higher in the HI zone following the seasonal pollution trend.
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chronicle daily intake, ecofoodfertility, heavy metals, land of fires, PM10, pollution absorption, pollution damage
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Lotrecchiano N, Montano L, Bonapace IM, Giancarlo T, Trucillo P, Sofia D. Comparison Process of Blood Heavy Metals Absorption Linked to Measured Air Quality Data in Areas with High and Low Environmental Impact. (2023). LAPSE:2023.2076
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Lotrecchiano N: DIIN-Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; Research Department, Sense Square Srl, 84084 Salerno, Italy [ORCID]
Montano L: Andrology Unit and Service of Lifestyle Medicine in UroAndrology, Local Health Authority (ASL) Salerno, Coordination Unit of the Network for Environmental and Reproductive Health (EcoFoodFertility Project), Oliveto Citra Hospital, 84020 Oliveto Citra, Ita [ORCID]
Bonapace IM: Department of Biotechnology and Life Sciences, University of Insubria, 21100 Varese, Italy [ORCID]
Giancarlo T: NutraPharmaLabs, Department of Pharmacy, University of Naples Federico II, Via Domenico Montesano 49, 80131 Naples, Italy [ORCID]
Trucillo P: Department of Chemical, Material and Industrial Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II, Piazzale V. Tecchio, 80, 80125 Naples, Italy; IODO Srl, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 143, 84123 Salerno, Italy [ORCID]
Sofia D: DIIN-Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132, 84084 Fisciano, Italy; Research Department, Sense Square Srl, 84084 Salerno, Italy; IODO Srl, Corso Vittorio Emanuele, 143, 84123 Salerno, Italy [ORCID]
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Processes
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10
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7
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1409
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2022
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2022-07-19
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2227-9717
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