Air Pollution from Global Health to Individual Risk Factor—Is It Time for Enviropathies in Everyday Clinical Practice?

Savino Sciascia, Gregory Winston Gilcrease, Lorenzo Roccatello, Dario Padovan, Cristiana Peano and Fulvio Ricceri
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Savino Sciascia: University Center of Excellence on Nephrologic, Rheumatologic and Rare Diseases (ERK-net, ERN-Reconnect and RITA-ERN Member) with Nephrology and Dialysis Unit and Center of Immuno-Rheumatology and Rare Diseases (CMID), San Giovanni Bosco Hub Hospital, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy
Gregory Winston Gilcrease: UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy
Lorenzo Roccatello: University Center of Excellence on Nephrologic, Rheumatologic and Rare Diseases (ERK-net, ERN-Reconnect and RITA-ERN Member) with Nephrology and Dialysis Unit and Center of Immuno-Rheumatology and Rare Diseases (CMID), San Giovanni Bosco Hub Hospital, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy
Dario Padovan: UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy
Cristiana Peano: UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Development and Territory Management, University of Turin, 10124 Turin, Italy
Fulvio Ricceri: Center of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Public Health, Department of Clinical and Biological Sciences, University of Turin, 10043 Orbassano, Italy

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 15, 1-5

Abstract: While the link between cardiovascular and respiratory conditions and air pollution is well-known, recent studies provided a growing body of evidence that polluted air, particularly air with high levels of particulate matter with a diameter smaller than 2.5 micrometers (PM 2.5), can have a range of negative impacts on health, both in terms of mortality and morbidity. It is time to emphasize the role of environmental factors as contributory factors or determinants of both global and individual health levels, and to consider them together as a health priority, as enviropathies (meant as pathologies caused, triggered or worsened by environmental exposure). Bringing attention to harmful air pollution exposure has fostered population studies, which developed accurate quantification of environmental exposure in polluted regions, aiding our understanding of the dose-response relationship between pollutants and diseases. Those efforts have influenced local and global health policy strategies. Now we face the challenge of controlling environmental pollution and limiting individual exposure to prevent or avoid serious health risks. Is it time for enviropathies in everyday clinical practice?

Keywords: air pollution; global health; omics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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