Characterization of environmental risk due to exposure of athletes to atmospheric pollution

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  • Martina Villanova Centro de Investigación en Salud y Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Argentina
  • Orcellet Emiliana Centro de Investigación en Salud y Ambiente, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Nacional de Entre Ríos, Argentina

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https://doi.org/10.5132/eec.2022.02.03

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Environmental risk assessment (ERA) is a scientific process for evaluating the potential of adverse health impacts resulting from exposure to environmental stress (EPA, 2017). This is a tool for quantitatively estimating and ranking population health impacts from exposure to environmental contaminants.

In this context, the present work aims to characterize the health risk of people who develop physical activities in the main avenues of the city of Villa Elisa, province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. In this way, it will be observed whether they are exposed to atmospheric pollutants related to vehicular emissions, more precisely nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulphur dioxide (SO2) and particulate matter (PM2.5).

The ERA methodology used involved, for the exposure assessment phase, the execution of a control census. This was done in order to establish the worst case exposure scenario. Based on this information, air quality measurements were carried out in 4 pre-established zones, using portable measuring equipment. Once the data had been processed, the risk characterisation phase continued in accordance with the ERA procedure.

From this work, it was possible to determine the hazard coefficient for exposure to measured pollutants. It was determined that, in the different study areas, the nominal value (Mokhtar et. al, 2014) was not exceeded in the determination of the hazard coefficient.

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2023-01-04

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Villanova, M., & Emiliana, O. . (2023). Characterization of environmental risk due to exposure of athletes to atmospheric pollution. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Contamination, 17(2), 20–27. https://doi.org/10.5132/eec.2022.02.03

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