Air Pollution and Environmental Health

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   • Pallavi Saxena, Anju Srivastava

   Pages 1-8

3. Monitoring and Assessment of Air Pollution

   • Shani Tiwari, Bing Chen, A. K. Singh

   Pages 9-35

4. Air Pollution Modeling

   • Ravi Yadav, Pujal Trivedi, L. K. Sahu, G. Beig, Nidhi Tripathi

   Pages 37-55

5. Impact of Air Pollutants on Plant Metabolism and Antioxidant Machinery

   • Amarjeet Singh

   Pages 57-86

6. Role of Global Climate Change in Crop Yield Reductions

   • Gyan Prakash Gupta

   Pages 87-113

7. Air Pollution and Its Role in Stress Physiology

   • Deepti Goyal, Alpa Yadav, Tanvi Vats

   Pages 115-140

8. Air Pollution Exposure Studies Related to Human Health

   • Neha Singh

   Pages 141-177

9. Impacts of Air Pollution on Epidemiology and Cardiovascular Systems

   • Ram Raj Prasad, Sandeep Paudel

   Pages 179-207

10. Health Risk Assessment and Management of Air Pollutants

    • Atar Singh Pipal, Stuti Dubey, Ajay Taneja

    Pages 209-232

11. Air Quality Management Practices: A Sustainable Perspective

    • Vibhav Mishra, Aditya Ranjan

    Pages 233-253

Air pollution is an alarming problem, not only in terms of air quality, but also in relation to health issues. Toxic air pollutant concentrations produce harmful impacts on plant health and human health. Further, though there are various sources of air pollution, anthropogenic and biogenic sources are becoming increasingly problematic. A number of control methods have been applied to reduce the air pollutant concentrations so that their global environmental burden on plants as well as humans can be mitigated. However, as confirmed in numerous reports and studies, their concentrations continue to be very high and everyday cases related to air pollution have become exponentially high not only in developing countries but also in developed countries. In plants, toxic air quality has various adverse effects, including biochemical and physiological disorders, chronic diseases and/or lower yields. In humans, air pollutants affect the body’s metabolism and immune system, lungs and centralnervous system.

This book provides an essential overview of air pollution, its impacts on plant and human health, and potential control strategies. The respective chapters cover general monitoring and characterization techniques for air pollutants, air quality modelling applications, plant and human health effects, risk assessment, and air pollution control policy. Given its scope, the book offers a valuable and unique resource for students of Environmental Science, Biological Science, Medical Science and Agriculture; and for environmental consultants, researchers and other professionals whose work involves air quality, plant and human related research.

• Air Pollutants
• Air Quality Assesment
• Antioxidants
• Human Health
• Stress Physiology
• air pollution and air quality
• terrestrial pollution

• Department of Environmental Sciences, Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

  Pallavi Saxena

• Department of Chemistry, Hindu College, University of Delhi, Delhi, India

  Anju Srivastava

Dr. Pallavi Saxena is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science at Hindu College, University of Delhi, India. She was repeatedly selected for the DST Fast Track Young Scientist Award (2014-17) at the School of Environmental Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, together with numerous other awards. She holds a PhD in Environmental Science from the University of Delhi and completed her Post Doc at the Space and Atmospheric Sciences Division, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India. She has published 21 research papers in prominent journals. 

Dr. Anju Srivastava has been the Principal of Hindu College, University of Delhi since December 2018, after having served as the officiating Principal since 2014.  She has also been an Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry, Hindu College, for over 20 years. Holding a Master’s degree and PhD from the IIT Delhi, she was selected as a Fellow of the ILLL (Institute of Lifelong Learning) – an organization at the University of Delhi  engaged in the development of e-content for undergraduates of the university. She was presented with the ‘Distinguished Teacher’ Award by Former President of India, Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, for her contributions to teaching and mentoring. She is an active member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London and the Green Chemistry Task Force set up by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India. She has also published several articles on Green Chemistry and Environmental Sciences in prominent journals.

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