Saharan dust; West Africa; Air pollution; Horizontal visibility; Niger; Niamey
Abstract :
[en] Recently, the World Health Organization’s International Association for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified outdoor air pollution as carcinogenic to humans and now puts air pollution in the same category as tobacco smoke, UV radiation and plutonium. Exposure to ambient fine particles was recently estimated to have contributed 3.2 million premature deaths worldwide in 2010. The ambient air across the globe is polluted by emissions from motor vehicles, industrial processes, power generation, household combustion of solid fuel, and other sources. Dust
storms lead to particulate levels that exceed internationally recommended levels especially in West Africa but this source of air pollution is under-studied, particularly in the literature devoted to human health impacts.
Disciplines :
Environmental sciences & ecology Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others Human health sciences: Multidisciplinary, general & others
Author, co-author :
Ozer, Pierre ; Université de Liège - ULiège > DER Sc. et gest. de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environ.) > DER Sc. et gest. de l'environnement (Arlon Campus Environ.)
De Longueville, Florence ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Institut des sciences humaines et sociales > Centre d'études de l'ethnicité et des migrations (CEDEM)
Language :
English
Title :
Saharan dust: An under-studied but significant source of air pollution in West Africa
Publication date :
2014
Event name :
DUST2014 - International Conference on Atmospheric Dust
Event organizer :
Italian Association for the Study of Clays (AISA - onlus) Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA) - CNR
Event place :
Castellaneta Marina (Taranto), Italy
Event date :
June 1-6, 2014
Audience :
International
Main work title :
DUST2014 - International Conference on Atmospheric Dust _ Book of Abstracts
