the burden of disease of air pollution: new challenges for the region of the americas the burden of...
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The Burden of Disease of Air Pollution: New
Challenges for the Region of the Americas
Special Program on Sustainable Development and Health Equity (SDE - PAHO/WHO) and the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP)
25 March 2014
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Luiz Augusto GalvãoSDE, PAHO/WHO
Maria P. Neira,WHO
Mara Angélica Murillo CorreaUNEP - LAC
Paulo ArtaxoUSP, Brazil
Horacio Riojas-RodríguezINS, Mexico
PM10 and PM2.5 standards in some countries in the Americas and the
WHO Air Quality Guidelines
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PM10(µg/m³) PM2.5(µg/m³)
24hr Yearly 24hr Yearly
WHO* 50 20 25 10
EPA-US 150 NA 35 15
México* 120 50 65 15
Buenos Aires* 150 50 65 15
Bolivia* 150 50
Brazil* 150 50
Chile* 150 50
Colombia 150 70 65 15
Ecuador* 150 50 65 15
Perú* 150 50 65 15
PM10 in selected cities in the
Americas
Source: PAHO/WHO. The Environment and Human Security. In Chapter III, Health in the Americas, 2012
% Population using solid fuels, 1990-2010
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Source: elaborated from data provided by Bonjour S et al., 2013
% S
FU
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Countries with highest percentage of population with ,SFU in 1990 in Latin America and the Caribbean, trends 1990-2010
% SFU in HAI, GUT & PAR has not been modified between 1990 and 2010
Source: elaborated from data provided by Bonjour S et al., 2013
Countries > 50% de SFU in 1990:Trends 1990-2010
Agnes Soares da Silva, MD, MPHRegional Advisor, Environmental Epidemiology
SDE, OPS/[email protected]
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