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J Clin Exp Tox 2017 | Volume 1 | Issue 2
Toxicology and Pharmacology
November 01-02, 2017 | Toronto, Canada
International Conference on
A risk of exposure to noise and air pollution to human health
Olga Anne (Belous)
and
Agne Stoniene
Klaipeda University, Lithuania
T
he World Health Organization (WHO) pays attention to the
evidence highlighting the necessity of sustainable approach
of health, environment and transport interaction. Frequently,
the influence of physical or chemical pollution that are
associated with a certain risk to human health, are evaluated
separately. The cumulative effect of both could have significant
impact to human health, for instance, to cause cardiovascular
diseases. The intention of the study is to determine the risk of
the cumulative effect of city traffic noise and air pollution on
population health and to propose measures to reduce the risk.
The measurements of the transport equivalent noise level,
particulate matter (PM
10
) and nitrogen dioxide (NO
2
) emissions
were carried out at the most noisy and polluted areas of the
city. At the same time the citizens opinion poll regarding their
health state was organized. The evaluation of noise levels as
well as certain pollutants concentrations in the ambient air and
their possible cumulative risk to human health was fulfilled.
The suggestions on how to reduce the negative health risk of
transport noise and air pollution were proposed. The results of
the measurements performed and the questionnaire survey
suggest that the inhabitants of the city are exposed to the
interaction of noise and certain air pollutants. The assessments
of the state of the health submitted by the respondents were
correct and in accordance with vehicles noise and outdoor
air pollution levels. As a consequence, people are at risk of
cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. The most sensitive
population group of transport impact caused by noise and air
pollution is elderly people.
Speaker Biography
Olga Anne has completed her PhD from Moscow Chemical Technological University,
Russia. She is the Senior Researcher/Professor of Klaipeda University, Lithuania. She
has over 60 publications in pre-reviewed journals and 17 of them are in
ISI WOS
journals
that have been cited over 45 times.
e:
olga.anne@ku.lt