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Yu P, Xu R, Wu Y, Huang W, Coelho MSZS, Saldiva PHN, Ye T, Wen B, Liu Y, Yang Z, Li S, Abramson MJ, Guo Y. Cancer mortality risk from short-term PM 2.5 exposure and temporal variations in Brazil. JOURNAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 2024; 473:134606. [PMID: 38788590 DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.134606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2024] [Revised: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 05/11/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024]
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Although some studies have found that short-term PM2.5 exposure is associated with lung cancer deaths, its impact on other cancer sites is unclear. To answer this research question, this time-stratified case-crossover study used individual cancer death data between January 1, 2000, and December 31, 2019, extracted from the Brazilian mortality information system to quantify the associations between short-term PM2.5 exposure and cancer mortality from 25 common cancer sites. Daily PM2.5 concentration was aggregated at the municipality level as the key exposure. The study included a total of 34,516,120 individual death records, with the national daily mean PM2.5 exposure 15.3 (SD 4.3) μg/m3. For every 10-μg/m3 increase in three-day average PM2.5 exposure, the odds ratio (OR) for all-cancer mortality was 1.04 (95% CI 1.03-1.04). Apart from all-cancer deaths, PM2.5 exposure may impact cancers of oesophagus (1.04, 1.00-1.08), stomach (1.05, 1.02-1.08), colon-rectum (1.04, 1.01-1.06), lung (1.04, 1.02-1.06), breast (1.03, 1.00-1.06), prostate (1.07, 1.04-1.10), and leukaemia (1.05, 1.01-1.09). During the study period, acute PM2.5 exposure contributed to an estimated 1,917,994 cancer deaths, ranging from 0 to 6,054 cases in each municipality. Though there has been a consistent downward trend in PM2.5-related all-cancer mortality risks from 2000 to 2019, the impact remains significant, indicating the continued importance of cancer patients avoiding PM2.5 exposure. This nationwide study revealed a notable association between acute PM2.5 exposure and heightened overall and site-specific cancer mortality for the first time to our best knowledge. The findings suggest the importance of considering strategies to minimize such exposure in cancer care guidelines. ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATION: The 20-year analysis of nationwide death records in Brazil revealed that heightened short-term exposure to PM2.5 is associated with increased cancer mortality at various sites, although this association has gradually decreased over time. Despite the declining impact, the research highlights the persistent adverse effects of PM2.5 on cancer mortality, emphasizing the importance of continued research and preventive measures to address the ongoing public health challenges posed by air pollution.
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- Pei Yu
- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Laboratory of Urban Health Insper/Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Urban Health Insper/Faculty of Medicine of the University of São Paulo, Brazil
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- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Climate Air quality Research Unit, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia.
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Wang C, Guo X. Spatio-temporal effect of provincial technological innovation on environmental pollution in China. Front Public Health 2022; 10:1073920. [PMID: 36504994 PMCID: PMC9730817 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.1073920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Accepted: 11/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The relationship between technological innovation (TL) and environmental pollution (EP) and its action mechanisms are complex and controversial aspects of discussion. Using the spatial autocorrelation analysis, standard deviation ellipse analysis, kernel density function, spatial econometric model, this study analyzed the spatial distribution, evolution characteristics, and influencing factors of the EP and TL from 2000 to 2020 in China. Results found there was a significant spatial autocorrelation between the EP and TL in 2000-2020. The standard deviation ellipse of EP was broadly distributed in the "southwest-northeast" direction, indicating that EP presented a trend of concentration in the direction of "southwest-northeast." The moving trajectory of the center of gravity for the EP in 2000-2020 was essentially moved from the northeast to southwest. Overall, the national level of TL exhibited a "north-south change, high in the east, and low in the west" trend. Regional differences were gradually expanding, and the polarization was evident. Regardless of using least squares method (OLS) or quantile regression (QR) models, TL, human capital (HC), and industrial structure (IS) all had an inhibitory effect on the EP at the effective significance level. Total population (TP), foreign direct investment (FDI), and local fiscal expenditure (LFE) were positively related to the EP.
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- Chu Wang
- Business School, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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- Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- College of Resources and Environment, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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Amais RS, Moreau PS, Francischini DS, Magnusson R, Locosselli GM, Godoy-Veiga M, Ceccantini G, Ortega Rodriguez DR, Tomazello-Filho M, Arruda MAZ. Trace elements distribution in tropical tree rings through high-resolution imaging using LA-ICP-MS analysis. J Trace Elem Med Biol 2021; 68:126872. [PMID: 34628231 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2021.126872] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2021] [Revised: 09/26/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND The distribution of trace elements in tree rings although poorly known may be useful to better understand environmental changes, pollution trends, long-term droughts, forest dieback processes, and biology of trees. METHOD Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is used for imaging micronutrients and potentially toxic elements distribution, allowing the investigation of trace elements at high spatial resolution within the tree rings. To ensure a more efficient determination of micronutrients and potentially toxic elements, LA-ICP-MS instrumental conditions were optimized and carbon, a major element in wood, is used as an internal standard during analysis to correct for random fluctuations. RESULTS Spatial distributions maps of Ba, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, and Pb in growth layers of six tropical tree species were built-up using the LA-iMageS software, namely: Amburana cearensis (Fabaceae), Cedrela fissilis (Meliaceae), Hymenaea courbaril (Fabaceae), Maclura tinctoria (Moraceae), Parapiptadenia zehntneri (Fabaceae), Peltogyne paniculata (Fabaceae). A correlation between the trace element composition and different cell types (parenchyma, fiber, and vessel) was distinctly observed. It was observed a general pattern of Ba, Cu, Ni, Mn, and Pb accumulation mainly in the axial parenchyma and vessels. But the elemental composition of xylem cells is strongly species dependent. The multivariate analysis also points to a distinct accumulation of minerals between heartwood and sapwood in the same species. CONCLUSIONS Imaging both essential and deleterious element distributions in the tree rings may improve visualization and can effectively contribute to understanding the lifetime metabolism of trees and evaluating the effects of environmental changes related to climatic seasonality, pollution, and future paleoclimate reconstructions.
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- Renata S Amais
- Spectrometry, Sample Preparation and Mechanization Group (GEPAM), Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, PO Box 6154, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil.
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- Spectrometry, Sample Preparation and Mechanization Group (GEPAM), Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, PO Box 6154, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Spectrometry, Sample Preparation and Mechanization Group (GEPAM), Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, PO Box 6154, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
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- Spectrometry, Sample Preparation and Mechanization Group (GEPAM), Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, PO Box 6154, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, Institute of Biosciences, Department of Botany, Rua do Matão, 277, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, Institute of Biosciences, Department of Botany, Rua do Matão, 277, São Paulo, SP, 05508-090, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, Department of Forest Sciences, Piracicaba, Brazil
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- University of São Paulo, Luiz de Queiroz College of Agriculture, Department of Forest Sciences, Piracicaba, Brazil
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- Spectrometry, Sample Preparation and Mechanization Group (GEPAM), Institute of Chemistry, University of Campinas, PO Box 6154, Campinas, SP, 13083-970, Brazil
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Locosselli GM, Brienen RJW, de Souza Martins VT, Gloor E, Boom A, de Camargo EP, Saldiva PHN, Buckeridge MS. Intra-annual oxygen isotopes in the tree rings record precipitation extremes and water reservoir levels in the Metropolitan Area of São Paulo, Brazil. THE SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT 2020; 743:140798. [PMID: 32758845 DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The impacts of climate change on precipitation and the growing demand for water have increased the water risks worldwide. Water scarcity is one of the main challenges of the 21st century, and the assessment of water risks is only possible from spatially distributed records of historical climate and levels of water reservoirs. One potential method to assess water supply is the reconstruction of oxygen isotopes in rainfall. We here investigated the use of tree-ring stable isotopes in urban trees to assess spatial/temporal variation in precipitation and level of water reservoirs. We analyzed the intra-annual variation of δ13C and δ18O in the tree rings of Tipuana tipu trees from northern and southern Metropolitan Area of São Paulo (MASP), Brazil. While variation in δ13C indicates low leaf-level enrichments from evapotranspiration, δ18O variation clearly reflects precipitation extremes. Tree-ring δ18O was highest during the 2014 drought, associated with the lowest historical reservoir levels in the city. The δ18O values from the middle of the tree rings have a strong association with the mid-summer precipitation (r = -0.71), similar to the association between the volume of precipitation and its δ18O signature (r = -0.76). These consistent results allowed us to test the association between tree-ring δ18O and water-level of the main reservoirs that supply the MASP. We observed a strong association between intra-annual tree-ring δ18O and the water-level of reservoirs in the northern and southern MASP (r = -0.94, r = -0.90, respectively). These results point to the potential use of high-resolution tree-ring stable isotopes to put precipitation extremes, and water supply, in a historical perspective assisting public policies related to water risks and climate change. The ability to record precipitation extremes, and previously reported capacity to record air pollution, place Tipuana tipu in a prominent position as a reliable environmental monitor for urban locations.
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- Giuliano Maselli Locosselli
- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Instituto de Estudos Avançados, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
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- School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
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- Department of Geography, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom
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- Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil; Instituto de Estudos Avançados, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
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