Health effects of atmospheric air pollution (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for Chemistry

Health effects of atmospheric air pollution

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The illustration shows the health effects of atmospheric air pollution. The model simulations of Thomas Berkemeier and his team suggest that PM2.5 acts by conversion of a reservoir of reactive oxygen species (such as peroxides) into highly reactive OH radicals. (These reactions take place in the epithelial lining fluid (ELF), which is a thin aqueous film in the lungs in which inhaled air pollutants dissolve or deposit.)

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Picture course: DOI 10.1039/D2EA00179A

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