The effects of ozone on human health

Ozone is a highly reactive, oxidative gas associated with adverse health outcome, including mortality and morbidity. Data from monitoring sites worldwide show levels of ozone often exceeding EU legislation threshold and the more restrictive WHO guidelines for the protection of human health. Well-est...

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Published in:Environmental science and pollution research international 2018-03, Vol.25 (9), p.8074-8088
Main Authors: Nuvolone, Daniela, Petri, Davide, Voller, Fabio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air Pollution - analysis
Aquatic Pollution
Asthma - chemically induced
Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution
Child
Earth and Environmental Science
Ecotoxicology
Environment
Environmental Chemistry
Environmental Exposure - analysis
Environmental Health
Humans
Italy
Morbidity
Ozone - analysis
Ozone - chemistry
Ozone and plant life: the Italian state-of-the-art
Waste Water Technology
Water Management
Water Pollution Control
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Summary:Ozone is a highly reactive, oxidative gas associated with adverse health outcome, including mortality and morbidity. Data from monitoring sites worldwide show levels of ozone often exceeding EU legislation threshold and the more restrictive WHO guidelines for the protection of human health. Well-established evidence has been produced for short-term effects, especially on respiratory and cardiovascular systems, associated to ozone exposure. Less conclusive is the evidence for long-term effects, reporting suggestive associations with respiratory mortality, new-onset asthma in children and increased respiratory symptom effects in asthmatics. The growing epidemiological evidence and the increasing availability of routinely collected data on air pollutant concentrations and health statistics allow to produce robust estimates in health impact assessment routine. Most recent estimates indicate that in 2013 in EU-28, 16,000 premature deaths, equivalent to 192,000 years of life lost, are attributable to ozone exposure. Italy shows very high health impact estimates among EU countries, reporting 3380 premature deaths and 61 years of life lost (per 100,000 inhabitants) attributable to ozone exposure.
ISSN:0944-1344
1614-7499
DOI:10.1007/s11356-017-9239-3