Long-term Exposure to Air Pollution from Power Plants and Mortality in a Cohort of People Living in an Industrial Area of Southern Italy

AbstractWe estimate the causal effects of long-term exposure to air pollution emitted from fossil fuel power plants on adult mortality. We leverage quasi-experimental variation in daily wind patterns, which is further instrumented by the county orientation from the nearest power plant. We find that the average county’s fraction of days spent downwind of plants within 20 miles in the last 10 years is associated with a 27.6 percent increase in mortality from COVID-19. This effect is more pronounced in fence line communities with high poverty rates and a large proportion of Black population.Yes, and how many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky?Yes, and how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry?Yes, and how many deaths will it take ‘til he knows That too many people have died?The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind The answer is blowin’ in the wind–Bob Dylan

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Long-term lichen trends in a rust belt region

Journal of Urban Ecology ◽

10.1093/jue/juz011 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Robert J Warren ◽

Shannon Casterline ◽

Madeson Goodman ◽

Megan Kocher ◽

Rachel Zaluski ◽

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Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Urban Heat Island ◽

Power Plants ◽

Lichen Species ◽

Heat Island ◽

Rust Belt ◽

Ecological Zones ◽

Tolerant Species ◽

Urban Heat

Abstract Deindustrialization and national air pollution standards greatly reduced air pollution in the USA since the mid-20th century, particularly in the ‘rust belt’ industrial cities of the Great Lakes and Northeastern regions. Still, sprawling urbanization, vehicular traffic and coal-fired power plants may maintain regional heat islands and NOx and SO2 pollution. Lichens are one of the first, and longest used, bioindicators of urban heat island effects and atmospheric pollution, but there are few long-term studies of lichen bioindications. We examined herbaria records for lichens collected between 1869 and 2016 in the Western New York (WNY) region (USA). We hypothesized a long-term trend of increasing pollution-sensitive lichens in the region as well as increased desiccation-tolerant species from urban heat island effects. We also evaluated local (urban and tree land use cover) and regional (ecological zones) influences on pollution-sensitive and desiccation-tolerant lichens. We found that the WNY lichen communities appear to be shaped by urbanization with desiccation- and pollution-tolerant species dominating areas adjacent to the urbanized/industrialized core, and direct local effects of the urban heat island and vehicle traffic within the urban core. These results suggest that despite deindustrialization and tighter air quality standards, an industrial imprint remains on the lichen communities of WNY. However, despite urban filtering toward desiccation- and pollution-tolerant lichen species, the urban landscape contributed unique lichen species to the region, increasing WNY’s overall lichen biodiversity as much as the relatively pristine Allegheny Plateau. Hence, the urbanized areas of WNY contribute unique species to the regional lichen flora.

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Detection of metabolites of benzo(a)pyrene in Sorbus sibirica Hedl. leaves and their use in the assessment of air pollution of Kemerovo City (Russian Federation)

Bangladesh Journal of Botany ◽

10.3329/bjb.v42i1.15905 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 145-154

Author(s):

OA Neverova ◽

AA Bykov ◽

OM Legoshina

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Russian Federation ◽

Relative Abundance ◽

Woody Plants ◽

Close Correlation ◽

Industrial Area ◽

The City ◽

Derivatives Of ◽

Modelling Approach

This article analyzes the ability of woody plants to metabolize benzapyrene and shows the assessment of the level of long-term air pollution in the city of Kemerovo by benzapirene from the industrial area with the help of modelling approach. Metabolites of benzo(a)pyrene - B(a)P-1,3-dione, 1-hydroxy-B(a)P and B(a)P- 7,8- dihydrodiol are identified in extracts of Sorbus sibirica Hedl. leaves. It is found that there is a close correlation between the sum of relative abundance of hydroxyl derivatives of benzapyrene (?OH-B(a)P) of S. sibirica leaves and air pollution by benzapirene (Q). DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjb.v42i1.15905 Bangladesh J. Bot. 42(1): 145-153, 2013 (June)

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Distributed-lag models of long-term health effects of exposure to industrial air pollution in the Taranto area (Southern Italy)

ISEE Conference Abstracts ◽

10.1289/isee.2016.3814 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 2016 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Ester Rita Alessandrini* ◽

Massimo Stafoggia ◽

Simona Leogrande ◽

Francesca Mataloni ◽

Lucia Bisceglia ◽

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Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Health Effects ◽

Southern Italy ◽

Industrial Air Pollution ◽

Distributed Lag ◽

Distributed Lag Models

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Electricity machinery, renewable energy and green economy

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/905/1/012142 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 905 (1) ◽

pp. 012142

Author(s):

V S Agustin ◽

A Restikadewi ◽

W Trinarningsih ◽

D D Hartomo

Keyword(s):

Air Pollution ◽

Renewable Energy ◽

Qualitative Method ◽

Power Plants ◽

Industrial Area ◽

Green Economy ◽

Industrial Activities ◽

Industrial Areas ◽

Exhaust Fumes ◽

Complex Environmental Problems

Abstract The increase in industrial activities is followed by an increase in complex environmental problems, such as air pollution due to factory exhaust fumes, which are mostly produced in industrial areas such as in Surabaya, Indonesia. Based on data from iqair.com, three industrial areas in Surabaya fall into the category of moderate to unhealthy sensitive groups. The Tandes industrial area is in the unhealthy category for sensitive groups with an AQI index of US 104. Meanwhile, Kertajaya and Benowo are in the moderate category with US AQI indexes of 61 and 86 respectively. It is necessary to implement a green economy program. The existing renewable energy power plants in Indonesia will support the industry to switch to the use of electricity-based machines from renewable energy which will reduce air pollution that causes greenhouse gas emissions. The purpose of this study is to analyze the factory environment and application of a green economy through the use of electricity-based machines. Qualitative method is employed in this study. The results showed that the application of electricity-based machines can reduce the level of air pollution in Surabaya and potentially increase renewable energy in Indonesia.

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License Renewal and Long Term Operation for the US Nuclear Power Plants

Durée de fonctionnement des réacteurs ◽

10.1051/jtsfen/2014dur03 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Jean-Pierre Sursock

Keyword(s):

Nuclear Power ◽

Power Plants ◽

Nuclear Power Plants ◽

Term Operation ◽

The Us ◽

License Renewal

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A compact guided-wave EMAT with pulsed electromagnet for ferromagnetic tube inspection

International Journal of Applied Electromagnetics and Mechanics ◽

10.3233/jae-209409 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 64 (1-4) ◽

pp. 951-958

Author(s):

Tianhao Liu ◽

Yu Jin ◽

Cuixiang Pei ◽

Jie Han ◽

Zhenmao Chen

Keyword(s):

Power Plants ◽

Signal To Noise Ratio ◽

Small Diameter ◽

Performance Testing ◽

Guided Wave ◽

High Signal ◽

Receiver Coil ◽

Signal To Noise ◽

Corrosion Defects

Small-diameter tubes that are widely used in petroleum industries and power plants experience corrosion during long-term services. In this paper, a compact inserted guided-wave EMAT with a pulsed electromagnet is proposed for small-diameter tube inspection. The proposed transducer is noncontact, compact with high signal-to-noise ratio and unattractive to ferromagnetic tubes. The proposed EMAT is designed with coils-only configuration, which consists of a pulsed electromagnet and a meander pulser/receiver coil. Both the numerical simulation and experimental results validate its feasibility on generating and receiving L(0,2) mode guided wave. The parameters for driving the proposed EMAT are optimized by performance testing. Finally, feasibility on quantification evaluation for corrosion defects was verified by experiments.

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