The health effects of traffic-related air pollution: A review focused the health effects of going green

• Published in: Chemosphere (Oxford) Vol. 289; p. 133082
• Main Authors: Bai, Xu, Chen, Hui, Oliver, Brian G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2022
• Subjects: After-treatment technology; Air Pollutants - analysis; Air Pollutants - toxicity; air pollution; Air Pollution - adverse effects; Air Pollution - analysis; Biodiesel; energy; Humans; New energy vehicles; Particulate matter; Particulate Matter - analysis; particulates; Traffic-related air pollution; Traffic-Related Pollution; Vehicle Emissions - analysis; Vehicle Emissions - toxicity; Traffic-related air pollution; New energy vehicles; Biodiesel; Particulate matter; After-treatment technology
• ISSN: 0045-6535; 1879-1298; 1879-1298
• DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.133082

Traffic-related air pollution (TRAP) is global concern due to both the ecological damage of TRAP and the adverse health effects in Humans. Several strategies to reduce TRAP have been implemented, including the use of sustainable fuels, after-treatment technologies, and new energy vehicles. Such approaches can reduce the exhaust of particulate matter, adsorbed chemicals and a range of gases, but from a health perspective these approaches are not always successful. This review aims to discuss the approaches taken, and to then describe the likely health effects of these changes. [Display omitted] •TRAP has been targeted as important contributor to human health.•Several strategies are emerging in the prevalent subject of reducing TRAP.•The prevalence of technologies to reduce TRAP may increase the burden on other environmental pollution.•The decrease of TRAP is supported to be accompanied by the low incidence of disease.