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ArticleBMC public health2021

Environmental assessment of interventions to restrain the impact of industrial pollution using a quasi-experimental design: limitations of the interventions and recommendations for public health policy.

Emilio A L Gianicolo, Marco Cervino, Antonello Russo, Susanne Singer, Maria Blettner, Cristina Mangia

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Article in BMC public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Emilio A L GianicoloDivision of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Working Group for the Evaluation of Political Intervention, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Str. 69, 55131, Mainz, Germany. emilio.gianicolo@uni-mainz.de.ORCID 0000-0002-3473-0752
Marco CervinoIstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council, Bologna, Italy.
Antonello RussoIstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy.
Susanne SingerDivision of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Working Group for the Evaluation of Political Intervention, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Str. 69, 55131, Mainz, Germany.
Maria BlettnerDivision of Epidemiology and Health Services Research, Working Group for the Evaluation of Political Intervention, Institute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics (IMBEI), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Obere Zahlbacher Str. 69, 55131, Mainz, Germany.
Cristina MangiaIstitute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council, Lecce, Italy.

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Abstract

backgroundIn an industrial area, the asymmetry between the weights of the economic interests compared to the public-health needs can determine which interests are represented in decision-making processes. This might lead to partial interventions, whose impacts are not always evaluated. This study focuses on two interventions implemented in Taranto, Italy, a city hosting one of the largest steel plants in Europe. The first intervention deals with measures industrial plants must implement by law to reduce emissions during so called "wind days" in order to reduce PM

methodsTo analyse the impact of the first intervention, we analysed monthly PM

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conclusionResults of our study suggest revising the warning to the population. Furthermore, they evidence that in complex highly industrialised areas, air quality interventions cannot focus on only a single pollutant, but rather should consider the complex relationships between the different contaminants. Environmental interventions should be reviewed periodically, particularly when they have implications for social constraints. While the results of our study can be related only to the specific situation reported in the article, the methodology applied might be useful for the environmental management in industrial areas with similar features.

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Air PollutantsAir PollutionPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsEnvironmental MonitoringHealth PolicyHumansParticulate MatterAir PollutantsParticulate MatterPolycyclic Aromatic HydrocarbonsAir qualityEvaluation of interventionsInterrupted time seriesSteel industryTaranto (southern Italy)

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PMCPMC8515703

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