| Title: | The Potential Impact of Smog Spell on Humans' Health Amid COVID-19 Rages |
| Author(s): | Javed A; Aamir F; Gohar UF; Mukhtar H; Zia-Ui-Haq M; Alotaibi MO; Bin-Jumah MN; Marc Vlaic RA; Pop OL; |
| Address: | "Institute of Industrial Biotechnology, Government College University Lahore, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. Office of Research, Innovation & Commercialization, Lahore College for Women University, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. Biology Department, College of Science, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia. Environment and Biomaterial Unit, Health Sciences Research Center, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia. Food Engineering Department, Faculty of Food Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Department of Food Science, University of Agricultural Science and Veterinary Medicine, 400372 Cluj-Napoca, Romania" |
| Journal Title: | Int J Environ Res Public Health |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1660-4601 (Electronic) 1661-7827 (Print) 1660-4601 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "Rapid and unchecked industrialization and the combustion of fossil fuels have engendered a state of fear in urban settlements. Smog is a visible form of air pollution that arises due to the over-emissions of some primary pollutants like volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hydrocarbons, SO(2), NO, and NO(2) which further react in the atmosphere and give rise to toxic and carcinogenic secondary smog components. Smog reduces the visibility on roads and results in road accidents and cancellation of flights. Uptake of primary and secondary pollutants of smog is responsible for several deleterious diseases of which respiratory disorders, cardiovascular dysfunction, neurological disorders, and cancer are discussed here. Children and pregnant women are more prone to the hazards of smog. The worsening menace of smog on one hand and occurrence of pandemic i.e., COVID-19 on the other may increase the mortality rate. But the implementation of lockdown during pandemics has favored the atmosphere in some ways, which will be highlighted in the article. On the whole, the focus of this article will be on the dubious relationship between smog and coronavirus" |
| Keywords: | *Air Pollutants/analysis *Air Pollution/analysis *covid-19 Child Communicable Disease Control Female Humans Particulate Matter/analysis Pregnancy SARS-CoV-2 Smog/analysis Covid-19 air pollution photochemical smog respiratory disorders; |
| Notes: | "MedlineJaved, Ammar Aamir, Farheen Gohar, Umar Farooq Mukhtar, Hamid Zia-Ui-Haq, Muhammad Alotaibi, Modhi O Bin-Jumah, May Nasser Marc Vlaic, Romina Alina Pop, Oana Lelia eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Review Switzerland 2021/11/14 Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Oct 29; 18(21):11408. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182111408" |
