Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons, 1st ed. 2016 Their Global Atmospheric Emissions, Transport, and Lung Cancer Risk Springer Theses Series

Langue : Anglais

Couverture de l’ouvrage Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons

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This thesis presents a comprehensive analysis of the global health impacts of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in ambient air, conducted on the basis of a high-resolution emission inventory, global chemical transport modeling, and probabilistic risk assessment. One of the main strengths of the thesis is the concentration downscaling process, which provides a linkage between emissions and exposure concentrations at a comparatively high resolution. Moreover, by focusing on individual susceptibility, the thesis proposes an instrumental revision of current risk assessment methodology and argues that, if individual susceptibility were not taken into consideration, the overall risk would be underestimated by 55% and the proportion of highly vulnerable populations would be underestimated by more than 90%.

Introduction.- Research Background.- Methodology.- Global atmospheric emissions of PAH compounds.- Global atmospheric transport modeling of benzo[a]pyrene.- Global lung cancer risks induced by inhalation exposure to PAHs.- Conclusions.

Honors
Best Student Presentation Award, International Symposium on Environment & Health, 2014
Tiehan Scholarship, College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, 2014
Merit student, Peking University, 2013.
Unilever-CAS Research Award, for outstanding research in risk assessment of chemicals, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2012.
Wusi Scholarship, for scientific research, Peking University, 2010.
Junzheng Scholar, for scientific study as an undergraduate student by Nobel Prize winner, Prof. Tsung-Dao Lee, 2008.
Publications
(As the first author)
Shen, H.Z., Tao, S., Liu, J., Huang, Y., Chen, H., Li, W., Zhang, Y., Chen, Y., Su, S., Lin, N., Xu, Y., Li, B., Wang, X., Liu, W. Global lung cancer risk from PAH exposure highly depends on emission sources and individual susceptibility. Sci. Rep. 2014, DOI: 10.1038/srep06561.
Shen, H.Z., Huang, Y., Wang, R., Zhu, D., Li, W., Shen, G.F., Wang, B., Zhang, Y.Y., Chen, Y.C., Lu, Y., Chen, H., Li, T.C., Sun, K., Li, B.G., Liu, W.X., Liu, J.F., Tao, S. Global atmospheric emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from 1960 to 2008 and future predictions. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2013, 47: 6415-6424.
Shen, H.Z., Tao, S., Wang, R., Wang, B., Shen, G.F., Li, W., Su, S.S., Huang, Y., Wang, X.L., Liu, W.X., Li, B.G., Sun, K. Global time trends in PAH emissions from motor vehicles. Atmos. Environ. 2011, 45: 2067-2073.
(Others)
Zhang, Y.X., Tao, S., Shen, H.Z., Ma, J.M. Inhalation exposure to ambient polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and lung cancer risk of Chinese population. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 2009, 106: 21063-21067.
Wang, R., Tao, S., Balkanski, Y., Ciais, P., Boucher, O., Liu, J.F., Piao, S.L., Shen, H.Z., Vuolo, M.R., Valari, M., Chen, H., Chen, Y.C., Cozic, A., Huang, Y., Li, B.G., Li, W., Shen, G.F., Wang, B., Zhang, Y.Y. Exposure to ambient black carbon derived from a unique inventory and high-resolution model. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A

Nominated as an outstanding Ph.D. thesis by Peking University, China Establishes a global emissions inventory of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons with spatial, sectoral, and temporal information Proposes well-validated model development of benzo[a]pyrene, which was then applied to address transboundary pollution on a global scale Describes an integrated system of methodology that helps address health impacts of air pollutants induced by inhalation exposure to human Reveals a strong influence of individual susceptibility on health outcomes of risk assessment, as is often ignored by traditional risk assessment Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras