Assessing nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels as a contributing factor to coronavirus (COVID-19) fatality
By Yaron Ogen. Science of the Total Environment, 2020
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Nitrogen dioxide (NO2) is an ambient trace-gas result of both natural and anthropogenic processes. Long-term exposure to NO2 may cause a wide spectrum of severe health problems such as hypertension, diabetes, heart and cardiovascular diseases and even death. The objective of this study is to examine the relationship between long-term exposure to NO2 and coronavirus fatality. The Sentinel-5P is used for mapping the tropospheric NO2 distribution and the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis for evaluating the atmospheric capability to disperse the pollution. The spatial analysis has been conducted on a regional scale and combined with the number of death cases taken from 66 administrative regions in Italy, Spain, France and Germany. Results show that out of the 4443 fatality cases, 3487 (78%) were in five regions located in north Italy and central Spain. Additionally, the same five regions show the highest NO2 concentrations combined with downwards airflow which prevent an efficient dispersion of air pollution. These results indicate that the long-term exposure to this pollutant may be one of the most important contributors to fatality caused by the COVID-19 virus in these regions and maybe across the whole world.
Subfields: Global and Planetary Change, Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis
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- Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on socio-economic, energy-environment and transport sector globally and sustainable development goal (SDG) (2021, neutral): “Tourism contributes ~15% of Spain’s and some 13% of Italy’s GDP (The Guardian, 2020).”
- Impact of COVID-19 large scale restriction on environment and economy in Indonesia (2020, background): “In line with this, (Ogen, 2020) proof exposure to NO2 causes inflammatory in the lungs, it is now necessary to examine whether the presence of an initial inflammatory condition is related to the response of the immune system to the coronavirus.”
- Social and Travel Lockdown Impact Considering Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) on Air Quality in Megacities of India: Present Benefits, Future Challenges and Way Forward (2020, background): “Ogen (2020) and Wu et al. (2020) have reported that improvement in air quality lowers the severity of COVID19 outcomes.”
- Effect of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic on air quality of the megacity Delhi, India (2020, positive): “Ogen (2020) found a strong linkage between the concentration of NO2 and fatal outcome caused by COVID19.”