Assessment of the Health Risk Related to Air Pollution in Selected Polish Health Resorts

• Autorzy: Sówka Izabela , Kobus Dominik , Skotak Krzysztof , Zathey Maciej , Merenda Beata , Paciorek Małgorzata

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12911/22998993/113142

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The article discusses the tools used for air quality management in the health resorts in Poland including legal instruments, documents and activities at the regional and local level with an example of formal and legal activities, such as the so-called anti-smog resolution to limit the emission of air pollutants from the municipal and housing sectors and thus minimize the risk related to air pollution. The issue of pollution emission resulting from the spatial conditions, including spatial planning, was also indicated. The analysis of the results pertaining to the PM₁₀ measurements from 2017–2018 available for the resorts in Lower Silesia with reference to selected resorts in other regions of Poland and the health risk assessment according to the concentration-response functions for the PM-based on longand short-term relative risk estimates derived from epidemiological studies were conducted. The exposure assessment was based on the available mathematical modelling results for the PM₁₀ and PM_2.5 concentration distributions, which was performed using the CALPUFF model for 2017. In the case of average risk indicators, the obtained values indicated that the values (for all the stays and areas of all zones (total A, B and C) peaked for the Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój health resort (over 1.1% per annum) and were lowest for Czerniawa and Świeradów-Zdrój (about 0.7%). The highest relative risk indicators in 2017 were observed for cardiovascular diseases for the first two stays in January / February (for the Cieplice Śląskie-Zdrój health resort – over 5%) and for both December stays (over 2.5%). In other health resorts, the risk indicators were significantly lower. The lowest health risk indicators were observed in July, regardless of the location of the health resort and the analysed health effect (rarely exceeding 0.3%). The scale of risk in this case was much higher compared to the short-term risk.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

air quality; health resorts; mathematical modelling; health risk assessment

• Wydawca: Polskie Towarzystwo Inżynierii Ekologicznej ; Lublin University of Technology
• Czasopismo: Journal of Ecological Engineering
• Rocznik: 2019
• Tom: Vol. 20, nr 10
• Strony: 132--145
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 25 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Sówka Izabela

• Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Environmental Engineering Unit of Engineering and Protection of Atmosphere, Pl. Grunwaldzki 9, 50-377 Wroclaw, Poland

autor

Kobus Dominik

• inFAIR, ul. Puszczyka 10 m. 55, 02-785 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Skotak Krzysztof

• Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute, Integrated Environmental Monitoring Department, ul. Krucza 5/11d, 00-548 Warsaw, Poland

autor

Zathey Maciej

• Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Architecture, Department of spatial planning and settlements processes, 50-317 Wroclaw, B. Prusa 53/55, Poland
• Institute for Territorial Development, 50-527 Wroclaw, J. Wl. Dawida 1a, Poland

autor

Merenda Beata

• Chief Inspectorate of Environmental Protection, Voivodship Inspectorate for Environmental Protection in Wroclaw, Department of Inspection, ul. Józefa Chełmońskego 14, 51-630 Wrocław, Poland

autor

Paciorek Małgorzata

• Biuro Studiów i Pomiarów Proekologicznych EKOMETRIA Sp. z o.o., ul. Elbląska 66, 80-761 Gdańsk, Poland

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