Beyond the Smog: Unveiling the Invisible Toll of Air Pollution on the People's Mental Well‐Being in Lahore, Pakistan

Health Science Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 8(4)

Published: April 1, 2025

ABSTRACT Background The manuscript investigates the significant detrimental impact of air pollution, particularly smog, on mental health residents in Lahore, Pakistan. Research highlights various ways which pollutants contribute to issues, including increased risks depression and anxiety, direct impacts cognitive function. Aims This study aims establish a link between quality its psychological inhabitants Lahore. It seeks advocate for effective interventions mitigate adverse effects pollution health. Methods examined existing literature Internet understand aimed provide foundation developing evidence‐based solutions within current healthcare landscape. Results Searching “smog,” “mental health,” “air pollution” yielded these results, strong association increasing levels Lahore residents' well‐being. Despite ongoing efforts persistent smog burden need more decisive improve safeguard population's Conclusion serves as preliminary investigation into intricate relationship emphasizes further research comprehensively this critical issue proper policy implications potential are required

Language: Английский

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People’s perceptions of air pollution and their awareness of official indexes at the start of the twenty-first century: a review

Discover Environment, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 3(1)

Published: April 23, 2025

Language: Английский

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Revolutionizing Air Pollution Spikes Analysis With a Blockchain‐Driven Machine Learning Framework

Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 36(5)

Published: April 27, 2025

ABSTRACT Air pollution spikes pose significant health risks and environmental challenges that demand innovative solutions for effective analysis mitigation. This paper introduces a groundbreaking approach to revolutionize air using blockchain‐driven machine learning framework. Leveraging the transparency immutability of blockchain technology, coupled with predictive power algorithms, our framework offers real‐time monitoring, accurate prediction, proactive management spikes. Our provides comprehensive insights into quality dynamics by integrating data from diverse sources, including IoT sensors. Furthermore, decentralized nature ensures integrity enhances trust among stakeholders, regulatory authorities, industries, communities. Through case studies simulations, we demonstrated efficacy scalability in addressing across geographical regions. The Machine techniques time series model (RNNs, ARIMA, Exponential Smoothing) were analyzed compared statistical metrics (Mean Absolute Error [MAE], Mean Squared [MSE], R ‐squared [ 2 ]). exponential Smoothing performed well other two models all parameters, while both ARIMA RNNNN showed negative values certain pollutants, particularly SO . For example, PM10 scored 82.4% research signifies paradigm shift management, empowering stakeholders make informed decisions mitigate adverse impacts on public environment. can be integrated analyze predict pollutant emissions. solution will help prevent harmful exposure protecting human

Language: Английский

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The Impact of Air Pollution from Industrial Fires in Urban Settings: Monitoring, Modelling, Health, and Environmental Justice Perspectives

Environments, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 11(7), P. 157 - 157

Published: July 21, 2024

Industrial fires at facilities including waste management sites, warehouses, factories, chemical works, and fuel storage depots are relatively frequent occurrences. Often, these occur adjacent to urban communities result in ground-level airborne pollutant concentrations that well above guideline values. Land, water, livestock, crops may also be contaminated by the emissions firefighting activities. Moreover, impacted tend have a higher proportion of minority ethnic populations as individuals with underlying health vulnerabilities those lower socio-economic status. Nevertheless, this is an aspect air quality under-researched, so review aims highlight public hazards associated industrial need for effective, coordinated, response. We range monitoring techniques been utilised such role dispersion modelling predicting plume trajectories estimating population exposure. recommend establishing 1 h values particulate matter facilitate timely interventions, we regulatory technical controls sites prone fires, particularly sector.

Language: Английский

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The Impact of Industrial Fires in Urban Settings: Monitoring, Modelling, Health, and Environmental Justice Perspectives

Published: June 10, 2024

Industrial fires at facilities including waste management sites, warehouses, factories, chemical works and fuel storage depots are relatively frequent occurrences. Often, these occur adjacent to urban communities result in ground-level airborne pollutant concentrations that well above guideline values. Land, water, livestock crops may also be contaminated by the emissions firefighting activities. Moreover, impacted tend have a higher proportion of minority ethnic populations, individuals with underlying health vulnerabilities, as those lower socio-economic status. Nevertheless, this is an aspect air quality under-researched, so review aims highlight public hazards associated industrial need for effective, coordinated, response. We range monitoring techniques been utilised such role dispersion modelling predicting plume trajectories estimating population exposure. recommend establishing 1-h values particulate matter facilitate timely interventions we regulatory technical controls sites prone fires, particularly sector.

Language: Английский

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Considering the interconnected nature of social identities in neuroimaging research

Nature Neuroscience, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 27, 2024

Language: Английский

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How air pollution affects corporate total factor productivity?

PLoS ONE, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 19(5), P. e0304079 - e0304079

Published: May 24, 2024

To explore the relationship between air pollution and total factor productivity new pathways, This paper examines impact of on A-share listed companies in Shanghai Shenzhen 2015 2019. It investigates this by considering two pathways: investor sentiment government attention. The findings indicate that suppresses firms. However, stimulates sentiment, which turn increases R&D investment productivity, reducing to some extent dampening effect productivity. There exists a notable positive correlation quality attention, acting as mediating variable. implies has potential capture attention governmental entities, leading implementation appropriate measures aimed at managing mitigating occurrence caused industrial enterprises.And relevant governments should formulate series policies meet different needs enterprises. These approaches have varying impacts depending type enterprises, thus develop laws cater various demands types

Language: Английский

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Air Pollution Effects on Mental Health Relationships: Scoping Review on Historically Used Methodologies to Analyze Adult Populations

Air, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 2(3), P. 258 - 291

Published: Aug. 12, 2024

Air pollution’s effects on physical health, especially cardiovascular and respiratory, are well known. Exposure to air pollution may damage every organ cell in the human body. New evidence is emerging showing that adversely affects mental health. Current research suggests high levels have long-term health effects, such as reduced capacity increased cognitive decline, leading stress, anxiety, depression. Objectives: This scoping review aims provide a comprehensive overview of methods used epidemiological literature ascertain existence links between outdoor particulate matter (PM) multiple adverse (MH) (depression, and/or stress). A better understanding practical methodologies could lead improved quality (AQ) management enhanced well-being strategies. Methods: paper undertakes review. PubMed EMBASE databases from 2010 2024 were searched for English-language cohort observational studies stating analyzing link (ultrafine (UFT) (<0.1 μm), fine (<2.5 course (<10 μm)) outcomes stress) adults (>18 years), excluding vulnerable populations (i.e., elderly, children, pregnant women). The study focuses urban, suburban areas, rural areas. Results: From an initial search 3889 records, 29 met inclusion criteria included These spanned various countries employed robust quantitative assess AQ MH. All investigated impact PM with some (n = 19/65.52%) also examining nitrogen oxides (NOx), dioxide (NO2), sulfur (SO2), ozone (O3), carbon monoxide (CO). Depression was most frequently studied outcome 10/34.48%), followed by anxiety depression 6/20.69%), depression, stress 4/13.79%, each). Depression, together examined single 1/3.45%). Standardized questionnaires involving psychological scales Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ) 7/24.14%) Center Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D) 3/10.34%) Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD) 2/6.90%) commonly MH tools. 27 out found significant negative demonstrating solid consensus literature. Two did not find correlation. results consistently indicated higher associated symptoms stress. Conclusion: Of identified studies, suitable per criteria. show preferred assessing relevant providing detailed account each method’s strengths limitations studies. conducted assist future relieve decision-making process researchers aiming correlation While strict thus resulted few gap concerning general adult population, focused populations. Further exploration relationship needed, reporting these limited.

Language: Английский

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Eco-Friendly Methods for Combating Air Pollution

˜The œhandbook of environmental chemistry, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

Language: Английский

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Air quality and mental illness: role of bioaerosols, causal mechanisms and research priorities

BJPsych Open, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 10(5)

Published: Sept. 1, 2024

Background Poor air quality can both trigger and aggravate lung heart conditions, as well affecting child development. It even lead to neurological mental health problems. However, the precise mechanisms by which pollution affect human are not understood. Aims To promote interdisciplinary dialogue better research based on a critical summary of evidence health, with an emphasis do so special focus bioaerosols common but neglected constituent. Method A rapid narrative review expert consultation, is recommended for complex rapidly changing field research. Results The methods used assess exposures outcomes vary across different fields study, resulting in disconnect bioaerosol We make recommendations enhance base standardising measures exposure particulate matter general specifically. present assessing ideal designs. There less bioaerosols, we provide specific ways measuring these. suggest designs investigating causal important intermediate steps before undertaking larger-scale definitive studies. Conclusions propose outcome measurement, optimal inform development standards reporting future policy.

Language: Английский

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