Fire Emissions: Exposure Data and Potential Health Risks for Firefighting Forces and the General Population
A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601). This special issue belongs to the section "Environmental Health".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 10309
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Interests: environmental monitoring; occupational exposure; human biomonitoring; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); monohydroxyl-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (OH-PAHs); air pollution; forest fires; firefighters; particulate matter; health risk assessment
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Dear Colleagues,
Every year, forest fires affect millions of people due to the emissions they release, thus becoming an important public health issue. During hot seasons, the number of fire occurrences and burnt areas significantly increases, with smoke from forest fires being scattered over long distances and having a strong negative impact on air quality. The occurrence of structural/industrial fires occurs in urban areas and wildland–urban interfaces. Fires release numerous hazardous pollutants (e.g., particulate matter, carbon monoxide, nitrogen and sulfur dioxides, metals, and hundreds of volatile organic compounds, including polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) and may affect the short- and long-term health and quality of life of the general population and of occupationally exposed workers, including firefighters. An increased number of respiratory and cardiovascular emergency admissions have been related to the occurrence of forest fires, thus increasing the healthcare burden of smoked-impacted areas. Firefighting forces also present an increased risk for the development of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, as well as some cancers, in comparison with the general population.
This Special Issue aims to publish original research and state-of-the-art reviews that address environmental/occupational exposure data to health-relevant pollutants released from (forest, structural, and industrial) fires and the associated health risks on exposed local populations and firefighting forces.
Dr. Marta Oliveira
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fire emissions
- firefighting activities
- human exposure
- occupational risks
- environmental (bio)monitoring
- human biomonitoring surveys
- health-relevant pollutants
- risk assessment
- occupational safety and health
- public health
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