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. 2024 Jul 26;14(1):17142.
doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-62924-0.

Assessing external exposome by implementing an Environmental Data Management System using Open Data

Sofia Tagliaferro #  1   2 , Sara Maio #  1 , Federico Pirona  1 , Ilaria Stanisci  1 , Giuseppe Sarno  1 , Patrizia Silvi  1 , Marianthi Kermenidou  3   4 , Nafsika Papaioannou  3   4 , Reena Perchard  5 , Igor Prpic  6 , Kinga Polanska  7 , Joanna Jerzynska  8 , Elisabete Ramos  9   10   11 , Joaquim Rovira  12   13 , Jordina Belmonte  14   15 , Janja Snoj Snoj Tratnik  16 , Milena Horvat  16 , David Kocman  16 , Zdravko Spiric  17 , Jacqueline Zickella  18   19 , Salvatore Fasola  20 , Stefania La Grutta  20 , Velia Malizia  20 , Laura Montalbano  21 ; EarlyFOOD; HEALS EXHES; Sandra Baldacci  1 , Isabella Annesi-Maesano  22   23
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Assessing external exposome by implementing an Environmental Data Management System using Open Data

Sofia Tagliaferro et al. Sci Rep. .

Abstract

Due to the increasing importance of exposome in environmental epidemiology, feasibility and usefulness of an Environmental Data Management System (EDMS) using Open Data was evaluated. The EDMS includes data from 10 European cities (Celje (Slovenia), Łódź (Poland), Manchester (UK), Palermo (Italy), Paris (France), Porto (Portugal), Regensburg (Germany), Reus (Spain), Rijeka (Croatia), Thessaloniki (Greece)) about external non-specific and specific exposome factors at the city or country level (2017-2020). Findings showed that the highest values of life expectancy were in Reus females (86 years) and Palermo males (81 years). UK had the highest obesity rate (28%), Croatia the highest prescribed drug consumption (62%), Greece and Portugal the highest smoking rates (37%, 42%) and daily alcohol consumption (21%), respectively. The most polluted cities were Thessaloniki for PM10 (38 µg/m3), Łódź for PM2.5 (25 µg/m3), Porto for NO2 (62 µg/m3) and Rijeka for O3 (92 µg/m3). Thessaloniki had the highest grey space (98%) and Łódź the highest cumulative amount of pollen (39,041 p/m3). The highest daily noise levels ≥ 55 dB was in Reus (81% to traffic) and Regensburg (21% to railway). In drinking water, arsenic had the highest value in Thessaloniki (6.4 µg/L), boron in Celje (24 mg/L) and lead in Paris (46.7 µg/L). Portugal and Greece showed the highest pesticide residues in food (7%). In conclusion, utilizing open-access databases enables the translation of research findings into actionable strategies for public health interventions.

Keywords: Air quality; Lifestyle; Noise; Pesticides; Pollen; Water quality.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing interests.

Figures

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Figure 1
Map of the cities participating in the HEALS and EarlyFOOD projects (modified by MapChart, https://mapchart.net).
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Figure 2
Mean values of air pollutants (PM2.5, PM10, NO2, summer O3) over the period 2017–2019 (orange) and 2020 (blue) for the ten cities, and the EU limits (red line) and WHO guidelines values (yellow line). PM2.5: particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 2.5 µm; PM10: particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than 10 µm; NO2: Nitrogen Dioxide; summer O3: April-September Ozone; µg/m3: microgram/cubic meter; SI: Slovenia; PL: Poland; UK: United Kingdom; IT: Italy; FR: France; PT: Portugal; DE: Germany; ES: Spain; HR: Croatia; GR: Greece.
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