AIRBORNE POLLUTANTS

THEIR HEALTH EFECTS ELLA BERLIN1 ELLA NAVE 2 J.KRIKUN3

HAIFA MUNICIPALITIES-ENVIRONMENT – 1SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH-HAIFA UNI-2COALITION PUBLIC HEALTH -3

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TEMPORAL ESTIMATION OF TRANSITION METALS IN PM2.5 EMITTED FROM COMBUSTION OF #6 RESIDUAL

OIL IN HAIFA AREA

KGS PER 1000 TONS OF ROFA #6

2001-20051991-2000 s-1990‘1950

26,48949,35992,973

LOW SMEDIUM SHIGH S

AVERAGE EMISSIONS 1996-2000: 2067 T/Y ROFAAVERAGE EMISSIONS 2001-2005: 1506 T/Y ROFA

ESTIMATION OF TRANSITION METAL EMISSIONS FROM AN EAF FACILITY IN HAIFA AREA PRIOR TO BAGHOUSE INSTALLATION IN 1996

EMISSIONS: KGS PER YEAR ELEMENTS KGS Cd 208 Cr* 801 Mn 11,024

Ni 218

TOTAL: ALL THE ABOVE+Cu,Fe,Ti,V,Zn – 170,170 KG/Y

includes Cr VI*

ESTIMATION OF TRANSITION METALS IN PM 2.5 EMITTED FROM MOBILE SOURCES IN THE HAIFA

REGION 20051

ELEMENTCdCoCrCuFeMnMoNiVTiZn

TOTAL

KGS0.110.843.78

25.211155.41

12.62.7318.90.84

399.1458.82

1678.38

Estimated kms traveled : 2.1x109

RATIO OF INDUSTRIAL EMISSIONS IN ISRAELAS COMPARED TO EUROPEAN UNION

1

5.71

1

3.58

1

2.67

ON POPULATION BASIS

EU

ISRAEL

1

16.9

1

10.6

1

7.7

ON AREA BASIS EU

ISRAEL

PM 10NOxSOx

CANCER MORBIDITY AT FOUR SITES IN FOUR GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS OF ISRAEL IN COMPARISON

TO COUNTRY AVERAGE-JEWS,1981- 8226

-153

-24

18-3-4

-38

26-6-5

-19

12-15-4

-17

3

-4 -6 -5

-19

26

-15

-24

18

-3

-38

26

12

-15

-4

-17

-50

-40

-30

-20

-10

0

10

20

30

1

COLON AND RECTAL CANCER

BREAST CANCER

JERUSALEMBE'ER SHEBA

TEL AVIV HAIFASIG.- AA

SOURCE:GINSBERG & TULCHINSKY,1992

TOTALLYMPHOMA

AGE STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATE OF MALIGNANT DISEASES PER 100,000 IN ISRAEL BY

DISTRICTS,1984-1998, FEMALES

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

(1984-86) (1987-89) (1990-92) (1993-95) (1996-98)

HAIFA

TEL AVIV

JERUSALEM

AGE STANDARDIZED INCIDENCE RATES OF MALIGNANT DISEASES PER 100,000 IN ISRAEL

BY DISTRICTS ,1984-1998,MALES

0

50

100

150

200

250

300

350

400

(1984-86) (1987-89) (1990-92) (1993-95) (1996-98)

HAIFA

TEL AVIV

JERUSALEM

COMPARATIVE STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIOS DUE TO CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OF JEWS DURING THREE TIME PERIODS, IN THREE DISTRICTS: JERUSALEM, TEL AVIV, HAIFA (1)

DISTRICT 1969-78 1983-86 1987-94JERUSALEM 93 c 81 c 91 d

TEL AVIV 97 c 99 101HAIFA 101 112 c 117 d

1- COUNTRY= 100 c- P < 0.001 d- P < 0.0001

SMR due to CVD 1987-94 ,JEWS ONLY,COMPARED TOCOUNTRY AVERAGE-100

109d116d129d113dHaifa

97a93d101110dTel Aviv

84d114d10070dJerusalem

Stroke Other Heart Diseases

Other Ischemic

HeartDiseases

Acute MyocardialInfarction

District /Subdistrict

a: p>0.05; d: p>0.0001

Map Presentation of Industries in Relation to

Four Towns and Agricultural Settlements

Cancer Morbidity and Major Cause Mortality

values are % above/below country average

9.4-4.0-11.520.3a15.0a18.6a20.8aHD

18.8-7.7-7.8-1.8-32.5a-=30.0aStroke

11.0-2.05.59.810.58.211.7Can

Mort

25.5-6.216.514.0a23.8a25.0a10.3aF

26.3-5.316.214.6a17.8a11.5a16.0aM

Can Morb

Jer

district

TA

district

Haifa

subdis

Q.Yam.QMotzkin

.Q

Bialik

Q.Ata

Cancer morbidity ave-1998-2001(+Major cause mortality ave-1998-2000 (ages 40

a: p< 0.05

Number of Days Exceeding RfC (daily) and Annual RfC

of EDC- In Ambient Air in 4 Towns

1.148855Q.Yam

5.435665Q.Motzkin

0.358032Q.Bialik

-018Q.Ata

Annual Ave

µg/m3( (2

No.Exc <10xdaily ave

No.Exc dailyave((1

LOCALITIES

daily RfC=1.14 µg/m3 -1 annual RfC=0.38 µg/m3 -2