U.S.-Indo Air Quality and Health Workshop

摘要 2014年世界卫生组织城市空气质量数据库发布 表明世界上25个污染最严重的城市中有13个位于印度境内。总统 奥巴马和莫迪总理认识到了这一点的社会经济影响 并同意开展双边空气质量合作，以帮助城市居民 减少他们接触有害程度的环境空气污染，并使城市政策 规划者实施纠正策略。该申请要求资金支持一个 研讨会，以启动和促进讨论，为美国建立战略，印度 合作改善印度空气质量。研究进展及其 然而，对新法规和政策的贡献在一些国家正在迅速推进， 但在其他国家则较少。许多研究评估了全球风险， 暴露于周围的颗粒和气体。这些努力的一个主要发现是， 认识到污染物来源以及环境颗粒物的组成， 例如，在不同地区或不同季节之间可能会有很大的不同。然而，在这方面， 尽管人们认识到印度城市中心的空气质量是世界上最差的， 世界上，造成印度环境空气污染的具体来源有 没有得到很好的解决。为了切实有效地集中补救工作， 我们建议将美国和印度的研究人员聚集在一起， 印度特定污染源的识别以及研究和政策 这将是“清洁”空气所必需的。

Abstract The 2014 publication of the World Health Organization's urban air quality database indicates that 13 of the world's 25 most polluted cities are located within India. President Obama and Prime Minister Modi recognized the socioeconomic implications of this question and agreed to launch bilateral air quality cooperation to help urban dwellers reduce their exposure to harmful levels of ambient air pollution and enable urban policy planners to implement corrective strategies. This application requests funds to support a workshop to initiate and facilitate discussions for establishing strategies for U.S.-India collaborations to improve air quality in India. The research advances and their contribution to new regulations and policies, however, is moving forward rapidly in some countries but less so in others. Numerous studies have evaluated the global risk of exposure to ambient particles and gases. A major finding of these efforts is the recognition that pollutant sources and thus the composition of ambient particles, for example, can vary tremendously from region to region or season to season. However, despite the recognition that India's urban centers have some of the poorest air quality in the world, the specific sources that contribute to the pollution of India's ambient air have not been well addressed. In order to efficiently and effectively focus remediation efforts, we propose to bring together researchers from the U.S. and India to establish pathways for the identification of India-specific pollution sources and the research and policy changes that will be necessary to `clean' the air.