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Publication wildfires health Air pollution PM2.5 fires

Fires as a source of annual ambient PM2.5 exposure and chronic health impacts in Europe

Sourangsu Chowdhury, Risto Hänninen, Mikhail Sofiev, Kristin Aunan

Chronic exposure to air pollution (ambient PM2.5) is the largest environmental health risk in Europe. We used a chemical transport model and recent exposure response functions to simulate ambient PM2.5, contribution from fires and related health impacts over Europe from 1990 to 2019. Our estimation indicates that the excess death burden from exposure to ambient PM2.5 declined across Europe at a rate of 10,000 deaths per year. Excess deaths from fires increased by more than 100% during the same period.

Fires as a source of annual ambient PM2.5 exposure and chronic health impacts in Europe - ScienceDirect
April 2024
Publication Heat stress Cardiorespiratory mortality Air pollution

Heat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countries

Masna Rai, Massimo Stafoggia, Francesca de'Donato, Matteo Scortichini, Sofia Zafeiratou, Liliana Vazquez Fernandez, Siqi Zhang, Klea Katsouyanni, Evangelia Samoli, Shilpa Rao, Eric Lavigne, Yuming Guo, Haidong Kan, Samuel Osorio, Jan Kyselý, Aleš Urban, Hans Orru, Marek Maasikmets, Jouni J.K. Jaakkola, Niilo Ryti, Mathilde Pascal, Masahiro Hashizume, Chris Fook Sheng Ng, Barrak Alahmad, Magali Hurtado Diaz, César De la Cruz Valencia, Baltazar Nunes, Joana Madureira, Noah Scovronick, Rebecca M. Garland, Ho Kim, Whanhee Lee, Aurelio Tobias, Carmen Íñiguez, Bertil Forsberg, Christofer Åström, Ana Maria Vicedo-Cabrera, Martina S. Ragettli, Yue-Liang Leon Guo, Shih-Chun Pan, Shanshan Li, Antonio Gasparrini, Francesco Sera, Pierre Masselot, Joel Schwartz, Antonella Zanobetti, Michelle L. Bell, Alexandra Schneider, Susanne Breitner

• Heat effect modification by air pollution on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality was investigated across 482 cities.
• Heat effect was seen to be significantly modified by air pollutants PM10, PM2.5, O3, and NO2.
• This study is the most extensive research to date investigating the heat effect modification on cardiovascular and respiratory mortality.
• This is the first-ever study to deeply investigate effect modifications by air pollutants such as PM2.5 and NO2.

Heat-related cardiorespiratory mortality: Effect modification by air pollution across 482 cities from 24 countries
April 2023
Publication Air pollution cardiopulmonary mortality CLIMATE CHANGE

Interactive Effects of High Temperature and Air Pollution in Europe

Alexandra Schneider, Masna Rai, Siqi Zhang, Massimo Stafoggia, Francesca De' Donato, Antonio Gasparrini, Pierre Masselot, Klea Katsouyanni, Evangelia Samoli, Antonis Analitis, Sofia Zafeiratou, Shilpa Rao, Liliana Vazquez Fernandez, Stefan Agewall, Susanne Breitner

The report “Interactive Effects of High Temperature and Air Pollution in Europe” was prepared as a milestone by researchers in the EU Project EXHAUSTION*. This report summarises the evidence on the interactive effects of high temperature and various air pollutants on heart- and lung-related deaths and diseases (cardiopulmonary (CPD) mortality and morbidity) across Europe. The study was conducted at the city, small-area (e.g. suburban areas or municipalities), and individual level. The findings highlight the urgency in improving air quality across Europe, and alert stakeholders and policymakers that climate change adaptation measures need to be also taken into account to protect vulnerable subgroups and thereby increase European resilience towards climate change.

Interactive Effects of High Temperature and Air Pollution in Europe
March 2022