DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.11.060
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-84891940742
论文题名: Impacts of NMVOC emissions on human health in European countries for 2000-2010: Use of sector-specific substance profiles
作者: Laurent A ; , Hauschild M ; Z
刊名: Atmospheric Environment
ISSN: 0168-2563
EISSN: 1573-515X
出版年: 2014
卷: 85 起始页码: 247
结束页码: 255
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Air pollution abatement
; DALY
; Life cycle impact assessment
; National emission inventory
; Non-methane volatile organic compounds
; Speciation
Scopus关键词: Air pollution abatement
; DALY
; Life cycle impact assessment
; National emission inventories
; Non-methane volatile organic compounds
; Speciation
; Air pollution
; Toxicity
; Health
; acrolein
; formaldehyde
; furan
; non methane volatile organic compound
; unclassified drug
; volatile organic compound
; abatement cost
; atmospheric pollution
; emission inventory
; environmental impact assessment
; formaldehyde
; health risk
; life cycle analysis
; nonmethane hydrocarbon
; ozone
; photochemistry
; pollution policy
; pollution tax
; public health
; speciation (chemistry)
; toxic substance
; toxicity
; volatile organic compound
; air monitoring
; article
; atmospheric dispersion
; environmental impact
; Europe
; health hazard
; health impact assessment
; human
; ozone layer
; priority journal
; toxicity
; Europe
Scopus学科分类: Environmental Science: Water Science and Technology
; Earth and Planetary Sciences: Earth-Surface Processes
; Environmental Science: Environmental Chemistry
英文摘要: Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) are known to cause damages to human health via two main pathways, viz. the direct toxic effects exerted by certain substances (termed here human toxicity) and their indirect effects related to photochemical ozone formation (POF). To comprehensively assess the damages at national level and thus define adequate air pollution abatement policies, substance breakdowns are needed. However, these are not readily available as total NMVOC emissions are only reported at sector level. In this study, we developed a reproducible methodology that combines available speciation profiles, i.e. distributions of substances emitted per type of sources, and sectoral NMVOC information to reach country-specific, substance-specific emission profiles. Annual emission inventories, including 270 single substances and 52 unrefined groups of substances, were determined for 31 European countries within the period 2000-2010. Using life cycle impact assessment methods for POF and human toxicity, impacts on human health were quantified. The results indicated that a strong linear correlation exists between POF impacts and the total NMVOC emissions, suggesting that air pollution abatement policies could use total NMVOC emissions as a proxy for reducing these impacts. Despite underlying uncertainties, the results also demonstrated that the POF impacts from NMVOC are negligible compared to their direct toxic impacts. The analysis of the results revealed that the toxic impacts (i) are caused by few substances, such as formaldehyde, acrolein and furan, (ii) primarily stem from transportation sectors and from residential sources, and (iii) are found not to correlate with total NMVOC emissions. Our findings therefore suggest the need for supporting air pollution abatement strategies with comprehensive impact assessments, which, in addition to complementing emission- and concentration-based indicators, should allow identifying country-specific improvement potentials at substance and sector levels. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/80778
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作者单位: Division for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment (QSA), Department of Management Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Recommended Citation:
Laurent A,, Hauschild M,Z. Impacts of NMVOC emissions on human health in European countries for 2000-2010: Use of sector-specific substance profiles[J]. Atmospheric Environment,2014-01-01,85